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wanna speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101.com hi everybody my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about the top 25 english verbs by frequency so let's get into it B is the first English verb B refers to existence I want to be an astronaut I think you would be a great person for this job be yourself let's be friends I could have been a writer if I wanted to be the next verb is have I have a dog I have an idea what do you have how many do you have how much money do you have do you have any friends how have you been have you seen my mom I can't find her have yourself a merry little Christmas the next verb is do do you want some pizza do you have a dog a lotta hoie do you have any dip they do do bee do bee do if you're Frank Sinatra I do the things that you do better say say say say say what you want say name so say you love me do you know what I'm saying know what I'm saying the next verb is get get a life get a job get a haircuts get a better suit Stevens what you got I could have gotten pony but I went with a lizard instead I'm getting tired that's not true the next verb is make make a cake make your mother proud someone outside is making a strange face at me through the window at the moment that is a true story may legitimate means the next verb is go go big or go home I'm going to the beach you should go to the beach you should go to the forest go to a baseball game with me past tense of goes went I went spelunking on my holiday the next word is no this is an interesting word because no is actually not commonly used in the progressive tense no is commonly using tends to refer to your mental state or your emotional state so we don't really say I am knowing really but we can say I know I know the answer what do you know about this issue he couldn't have possibly known the location of the treasure how many people do you know I knew it the next verb is take take a cake take a break take yourself to bed you should take vacation have you ever taken a bath a next word is see we'll see I'll see you later the next verb is come come is an expert please come to my house come to a party I'm gonna come over to your place later the next word is think think I think you're great he thinks pizza is the best food I'm thinking about lunch I'm thinking about coffee what are you thinking about I've been thinking that's it that's a Hanson song have you ever thought about the meaning of life look look is the next verb please look at the camera look over there look over here and look a dog look at your mom oh my gosh would you look at that look at the time look it's a bird it's a plane it's actually a bird look that's it is it me you're looking for hello next word is want want what do you want I want food how many coffees have you ever wanted I wanted to go to the dry cleaners this morning but I ran at a time that's true the next verb is give give me a break I'm going to give you a raise Stevens I'm giving you the ax fired give me I have given you everything I have go run tomorrow off right now I could have given you the world instead I gave you a carpet uses the next word use don't use a pen I like using chocolate when I make food are you using me for my brain next is find we could have found buried treasure last weekend I'm finding Nemo find things on the internet with Google find English words and phrases at English class 101.com yeah tell is the next verb tell me a story tell me lies tell me sweet little life tell me the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth I am told that you are an extremely good opera singer I'm telling you to leave tell lies every day don't tell lies the next word is ask ask please pronounce this correctly it is not ax many native speakers make this pronunciation mistake and it really bothers me ask ask me about my collection of rare doughnut recipes ask your mom about her life why don't you ask your boss to the party how about you asked your coworker for some advice about this issue I should have asked for help but I didn't the next verb is work work is work I'm working now seem the weather seems nice today he seemed a little angry this morning feel is the next word feel I feel happy feelings feel feel clap along if you feel like that's what you try oh my gosh try is the next word huh I'm trying my best I try every day to work very hard have you ever tried ramen I tried ramen yesterday and it was really good do you try to exercise every day I'm trying to sleep go away the next verb is leave leave leave me alone leave your doors unlocked don't leave your doors unlocked I have never left a hot air balloon without first taking a picture the next verb is called college the next friend give me a call please call me later call me maybe call your mom on her birthday every year she'll be happy Cole Cole you're a seagull have you ever called the wrong number have you ever called a dog by another dog's name ever done anything so those are 25 English verbs some very very common English verbs give them a try we've talked about a lot of different grammar forms and a lot of different ways you can use these verbs so please practice them and if you like this video please be sure to comment please please please be sure to subscribe - we'll have a button around here somewhere maybe mini buttons so please subscribe to us and check out more content as it becomes available thanks very much and we'll see you again soon bye surfed look at that do you wanna ballasts leave your babies outside of the movie leave your attitude at the door there are a lot of verbs in English ok hi everybody my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about 10 phrases that you always want to hear so let's begin you win the first phrase is you win you win if you hear the phrase you win it means you have won something you are probably going to receive something for free whoo that's a very happy thing right you want to give free things congratulations you win a car yay here are the keys to your new car great thank you and I brought you something special this is exciting to hear because it means this little something special is I call I thought only of you so I brought you this I brought you something special really thank you I miss you I miss you I miss you is nice you can use this with your friends your family members your partner whoever I miss you shows that you want to meet the other person probably you haven't you haven't seen them as much as you would like to so you can say I miss you I miss you call your husband or wife or boyfriend girlfriend whoever on the phone maybe you haven't seen them for a long time you can I miss you I miss you too take a break I'll do the cleaning today take a break I'll do the cleaning today this means someone else is going to clean up your house for you or clean up something for you I would be very happy to hear this phrase right now because my apartment is a disaster because I am only there to sleep so maybe you've had a long day at work or a long day doing something you come home and somebody else has offered to do this for you so take a break I'll do the cleaning today and you can reply really thank you so much I'm gonna relax the budget is unlimited the next phrase that you always want to hear is the budget is unlimited the budget is unlimited this could be at work this could be a budget a personal budget maybe but it just means there's no limit to the budget you can spend as much money as you want very exciting so let's see in a business context perhaps you have this new client who's going to give you a lot of money to build a new house or something maybe you're building houses that's your project your boss comes to you the budget for this project is unlimited really let's go crazy there'll be a bonus at the end of the month yeah this is a phrase that you probably are very excited to hear it means you are going to receive extra money from your job at the end of the month woohoo very exciting extra money maybe you'll hear this from your boss or your manager or maybe your coworker at work maybe you see it in an email there will be a bonus at the end of the month really I'm gonna use mine to buy a new car really I'm gonna use mine to go out on a date really I'm gonna use mine to get a new fish you did a great job you did a great job you did a great job it's something you'll probably hear from well I don't know you could hear this from pretty much anybody any time you've done a good job someone will congratulate you or tell you their opinion with this phrase you did a great job you finished a project at work and your boss says you did a great job nice thank you so much it was really fun or thank you just just say thank you you look great today you look great today the other person thinks that your physical appearance is nice today don't think about that today part you know just just just take the compliment oh really thank you so much you look great today oh thank you so much I got a new haircut thank you so much i-i got enough sleep yeah you were right you were right this means that something that you said in the past was correct and everybody likes to be correct I think I saw that movie that you recommended you were right it was really good oh good I'm glad you enjoyed it don't be like I know or yeah I knew I was right don't do that just say oh good I'm glad you're an excellent cook you're an excellent cook this is a nice compliment especially for someone who enjoys cooking if you say you're an excellent cook it means you enjoyed their food so let's see at a dinner party for example you're an excellent cook this food is delicious oh thank you so much I'm really glad you enjoyed it and that's the end so those are things that you want to hear so keep in mind it's nice for you to hear these things but other people also want to hear them too so compliment other people tell them that they are awesome if they are awesome tell them that they have good skills in whatever it is that they like to do people like to be complimented people want to be liked so write the message or say something nice to them yes leave us a comment we have a great team of people doing all these amazing things so tell them how much you love them so thanks so much for joining us for this week's lesson we will see you again next time please make sure to subscribe if you have not already so that you don't miss out on any fun stuff thank you very much again for watching and we'll see you again soon bye I guess I don't really need to do that want to speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101.com hi everybody my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about the top 25 english nouns these are the top 25 most commonly used nouns in English so let's get started the first noun is the word name name of course is used in common questions like what's your name my name is and so on my favorite actor's name is Harrison Ford something like that the next word is time time is used of course to express the point in the day is used in questions like what time is it can you tell me what time it is I don't have any time lately if you're really busy have you any time it's time for my favorite show house of cards Kevin Spacey is cool the next noun is man please be careful man is one of those words that has an irregular plural form when you need to use the plural of the word man you should say men do not say man's it's very funny but don't say it who's that man or what's up man you can use man with men or women interestingly enough the next word is woman woman also has an irregular plural form please say women when referring to more than one woman not women's or woman even though the the singular and the plural form of women and women have the same spelling at the beginning WOM the pronunciations are different woman women so watch out for that when you say that's pretty woman the next word is person person you can use it to refer generally to either a man or a woman please be careful persons plural form becomes people when you want to talk about another culture for example you can say such-and-such countries people or the people in that country speak football language the next word is thing generally an inanimate object something that is that just doesn't move like a water bottle or you know a sweater a thing you can use it when you don't know the word for something so thing is very very useful what is this thing I like many things for example where the wild things are the movie that's already out that I totally knew about the next word is mother mother is the person the woman who gave birth to you isn't that exciting mother is commonly shortened to mom or mama or mummy ma madre if you speak Spanish mum Mamba if you're me mamacita the next word is dead of course de is used in all of the days of the week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Sunday time period when the Sun is out the day or the day time have a nice day the next word is world world just refers to the entire planet Earth I'd like to travel all around the world or I like trying foods from all around the world in the world of science this is an upcoming technology or in the world of literature he's one of the most famous authors so worlds can be used to refer just just to kind of a more specific hobby or a specific interest or just a specific person's life more of worlds father father is your dad other other common words used for father are dad papa pop daddy ha ha ha while mother is used to refer to kind of like nurturing kind of like you know the earth or things that like can give life to others father at least in my mind there's kind of this image of someone who's a little bit more strict in your life the next word is sister a female sibling is your sister you can also use sister for a female person that you feel very very close with so I might call my female friend who's I'm very close to my sister my brother likes to shorten it to sis you might also hear sista as well if you are silly sister Whoopi Goldberg was in a famous movie called Sister Act the next word is brother brother is a male sibling you can also use brother to refer to a close male friend common variations of brother are brother bro bra rosy broski depending on what kind of person you are you can choose to use any number of those like I might sarcastically say to my friend cool story bro look if he's told me a story that's not very exciting in Mario for example the name of the Mario games is actually Super Mario Brothers but brothers is abbreviated as BR OS Super Mario Bros yeah just be careful about your use of bro because it sounds a little bit like a college-age boy that's kind of the kind of the feeling of the word bro oh brother where art thou the next word is daughter daughter is a female child daughter do you have a daughter I have a daughter I don't have a daughter taken it's son a male child is someone's son son s Oh n is pronounced exactly the same as su n son what are you talking about son the next word is I II ye I your I is the round thing that you used to see with I is used in a lot of expressions and idioms in English as in I've got my eye on you meaning I'm watching you or keep your eye out for something meaning please look for something or please pay close attention I'm waiting for something to happen the next word is hand body parts give me a hand or can I give you a hand means please help me or can I help you to give someone a hand head this thing on the top of your body your head we use head to refer to the top of things as in the head of a company the head of a group the head of the line so whoever is first in the line whoever is top at the company they are the head if you have a head dance the next word is foot this is another word that has a weird plural form one foot two feet foot interestingly enough foot is used of course to refer to your body part a foot also is a unit of measurement if you are from America or I believe one other country in the world uses this system sorry we're not on board with a metric thing in America but foot is 12 inches about this long so if head refers to the top of things foot is used to refer to the bottom of things if you've written a paper on Microsoft Word for example at the very bottom of the page there will be a space called the footer meaning the bottom where you can put little notes to your reader the next word is place place can be used to refer generally to a location commonly to refer to friends homes or apartments let's go to your place or can we have the party at your place is a little bit more natural than I want to go to your house the next word is work be careful about using work as a noun and work as a verb your work refers to your job your responsibilities your tasks at your office or your workplace you can use it in a phrase like I have a lot of work to do or please help me with my work I like to go to work it can be used to just refer to anything artistic in general so it can mean it can be a painting it can be a building it can be a sculpture it can be I don't know whatever anything artsy can be referred to as work as an I really like that new work by that artist or did you see so-and-so's new work twerk the next word is weak weak refers to the seven-day period that we have decided is one week here in the modern world commonly used in expressions relating to your activities as in I go to the gym once a week or I see my friends twice a week or I have to work every day of the week Monday through Friday is referred to as weekdays Saturday and Sunday weekend next word is month month is there are 12 months in a year my favorite month depending on which country I'm in I generally like autumn months like October I think I usually like the month of October September October is good because it's not too hot not too cold and halloween is coming and that's my favorite holiday Hannah Montana the next word is a year year refers to the time period usually 365 days there are leap years where there is an extra day in the month of February what year were you born or I was born in the year of the rabbit depending on which calendar you like to use it can be used to introduce a story as in many years ago I went to blah blah blah year the platypus next is the word one the number one the first number one of something to refer to somebody who you loved and who left your life you can say oh he or she was the one that got away the next one is the number but it can be used in a number of expressions like what's your phone number or give me your number or here's my number it means phone number but we don't always say phone that's the end of this top 25 most common nouns in the English language maybe you've used some of these you probably have keep them in mind and have fun with them thanks very much for watching this episode and we'll see you again soon bye if you have a head what do you like trees yes yeah right man yeah vamos a la playa now we're going to the beach hi everybody welcome back to top words my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about 20 travel phrases that you should know so let's go do you have any recommendations the first phrase is do you have any recommendations this is great to use when you get to a restaurant where you don't know what the food is you don't know anything about the local cuisine or you're just feeling a little bit adventurous you can ask the waitstaff do you have any recommendations how much is this how much is this this is useful when you're out shopping or when you're in a restaurant and the price is not clearly marked or something is not clear to you so you can ask how much is this usually when you point to something I would recommend like pointing to the menu are pointing to an item how much is this I'd like this you can point to something and say I'd like this if you want to say I'd like one for example I don't know you're getting beer I'd like one of these if however you're in a situation where you can't point you can say I'd like ten of the blah blah blah I'd like ten of blue t-shirts please can I try this on is useful when you're shopping for clothes so you find something that you'd like to try just ask the staff can I try this on you can just say I want to try this on if you like do you speak English you might get asked this phrase so you should say if you're watching this video you should probably say yes or you can say yes a little if you're not feeling very confident if you're watching this video and you're understanding this part and you say no then things that's a little strange I have a reservation usually the staff will greet you and you can say I have a reservation hello I have a reservation it's at seven o'clock the name is Alisha usually we say the name is or it's under meaning the reservation is under my name or it's for name or it's in name water please depending on which country are from water may or may not automatically be brought to your table when you're in a restaurant if you would like more water however you can say water please to make it a little more polite I would like wave at the waitstaff and say could I please have some more water do you take credit cards do you take credit cards in case you're not sure if the shop that you're in will accept credit cards or debit cards you can ask them do you take credit cards it's so it doesn't mean do you take meaning are you going to take my card but this take means do you accept credit cards this isn't what I ordered so if you're at a restaurant you order steak and you get lobster instead you can look at it and go oh this isn't what I ordered be careful though saying this politely if you look at the waitstaff and you say this isn't what I ordered they're gonna be like I don't know just be a nice customer excuse me but I don't think this is what I ordered or this isn't what I ordered can you please check could we have the menu please if for some reason you don't receive a menu when you come to the table you can again just wave it a member of the staff and say could we have the menu please could you give me a discount could you give me a discount means I would like a cheaper price essentially it depends on which country you're in if haggling or bargaining meaning talking to the seller to try to reduce the price my family didn't bargain we didn't haggle so I don't haggle it depends on you and your culture but just yeah just be be aware of the culture that you're in and the place that you're in before you ask this question do you have any vegetarian dishes ah this is useful some people have specific eating requirements or eating needs maybe food allergies for example you can replace vegetarian with the specific dietary requirement that you have do you have any vegan dishes do you have any gluten-free dishes do you have any low-fat dishes do you have any low-carb dishes do you have any fish free dishes do you have any could you take a picture of me please if you are in a location where you would like to take a picture but you don't want to do a selfie or you don't have a selfie stick or whatever you want someone else to take a picture of you a stranger that you don't know you can ask them could you take a picture of me please or excuse me would you mind taking a picture of please I'm allergic to blah blah blah if you have a food allergy or even an allergy to a medicine this is the phrase you can use to explain that I'm allergic to wheat or I can't eat wheat for example is the Wi-Fi free meaning can I use the Wi-Fi free of charge keep in mind some places have a password that you have to ask the staff for so you can say is the Wi-Fi free if they say yes you can then follow that up with can I have the password I'd like to have a non-smoking seat please so when you go to a restaurant you have an option between smoking and non-smoking sections the staff will say smoking or non-smoking you can say I'd like to have a non-smoking seat please quite honestly though the most natural response is just to say non-smoking could I get a map maybe it's a map of the subway system for the city that you're in or maybe it's a map of the area around your hotel you could say could I have a map as well could I have the check you're finished it's your cafe you're finished at the restaurant and it's time to leave it's time to pay so you say to the waitstaff excuse me could I have the check another more common expression perhaps is excuse me check please you might also hear bill excuse me can I have the bill where is the bathroom very important question if you're traveling in America we don't really use the word toilet or washroom very much we use bathroom or restroom to talk about toilet facilities excuse me can you tell me where the bathroom is or excuse me I'm looking for the bathroom or I'm looking for the restroom is this the train for blah blah blah or is this the train that goes to blah blah blah to confirm with someone that I'm indeed on the correct train line if I say is this the train bound for San Francisco you can use that to check if you're correct so that's the end those are 20 travel phrases that you can use when you're traveling in an english-speaking country give them a try I hope that they go well for you of course there are many different variations on these themes so be sure to experiment a little bit thanks very much for watching this episode of top words and we will see you again soon bye the things that I do before I travel to a country where I cannot speak the language I actually learned numbers ok Fein want to speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101 calm hi everybody my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about the top 25 English phrases so let's get started the first phrase is hello hello of course is used as a greeting you can greet your friends you can greet your co-workers your family with this phrase just by saying hello hey hi what's up hello sup yo pretty much any time of day you can use hello hello the next phrase is good morning good morning is used as a greeting in the morning you can kind of feel when morning ends for you good morning is nice and polite or even just morning with your close friends or close co-workers the next phrase is good night good night is fine we don't use this to greet other people we use it when we're saying goodbye to other people at night family members particularly mothers and fathers to say good night to their children before they put them to bed you can say it to your friend and a text message or in an email if you've been talking for a while good night so the next word to talk about is goodbye use it when you say goodbye to your friends when you leave your friends goodbye bye of course take care have a nice day peace out that's another way to say goodbye okay the next phrase is I'm plus your name of course this is a way to introduce yourself you can use I'm in my case Alicia I'm Alicia to introduce yourself in any situation new friend I'm Alicia okay the next phrase is what's your name what's your name is used to ask someone else what their name is so what is your name sounds a bit try to use what's your name if you forget someone's name you can say sorry what's your name or sorry what's your name again next phrase is nice to meet you nice to meet you any time you meet someone new nice to meet you is fine good to meet you is a little more casual great to meet you sounds very excited pleasure to meet you sounds like maybe a formal situation or a business context ok the next phrase is how are you how are you is Ann it's just a friendly way to check in with the other person you can use it with friends your family your co-workers maybe even your boss to a certain degree how are you how you doing the next phrase is I'm fine thanks and you if you saw English in three minutes we talked a lot about this phrase instead of I'm fine thank you and you say I'm good thanks how are you just shorten it and make it a little bit more natural how are you how are you great how are you not so good how are you okay and so on so when someone says how are you offer I usually say I'm good this week I pop a blog give some information about what you've been up to maybe a hobby something that you did recently an event something interesting you saw whatever people want to make that connection with you and it's a good chance for you to continue speaking the next word is please please as a polite phrase used when you want something from someone else you can use this as a response when someone offers you something like in a restaurant for example would you like more water would you like something to drink oh please my next phrase is thank you thank you is used to express your appreciation you can use thank you with everybody the next phrase is you're welcome you're welcome when someone says thank you you can say you're welcome no biggie I use no biggie as in no biggie is short for a no big problem an X where it is yes yes of course yes means is any positive expression someone asks you a question and the answer is a positive answer you say yes yep uh-huh yeah we know next I'm guessing I knew it yep the next word is no no is a negative response to something when you have to give a negative answer so as you can probably guess the long form of no is negative I like to use nope it's very very casual not gonna happen my parents would use that with me to soften that a little bit if you want to show a negative response to something like let's go for dinner tonight what do you want to do like do you want to go out not really hmm no I don't think so hmm to soften it the next word is okay okay this word comes from copy editors okay when they had to check a manuscript they had to label the manuscript all clear AC but because they were copy editors and they have a very very sick sense of humor they thought they would mark it okay for all clear to make a joke because o and K do not start all and clear but it caught on among everybody in the world anyway okay is used to agree with somebody else well it can be used actually to express a positive or kind of a full negative I feel transitioning in your conversation you can say okay now we're going to talk about blah blah okay the next phrase is excuse me excuse me it's used to get someone's attention in English when you don't know the other person for example in a store a supermarket maybe a stranger on the street you need to ask directions you can use excuse me you can use excuse me in the supermarket excuse me can you tell me where the hot sauce is if you've done something rude in public you can use excuse me I personally do not do rude things in public ever I'm sorry is the next word we're gonna talk about I'm sorry is used to apologize when you have made a mistake or someone you know it's made a mistake and you're connected to it or you just feel bad you can use I'm sorry you made a mistake at work I'm sorry you forgot to feed your cat I'm sorry sorry about that you bump someone next to you oh sorry what time is it is the next phrase when you need to check what time it is what time is it when you ask someone else what time it is maybe you say this to yourself to check your watch check your phone check a clock pretty straightforward phrase there aren't really any short version so that's an easy one hey where is that plus a location so you can use this for a building or a store we don't we're not going to use this where is the for a place a city name or a state name or a country name to do that you would need to remove the but where is the bank where is the post office you can use this to ask directions to ask for help in your house or at work where is the copy machine where is the file I need where is the bla bla bla where is the bathroom is perhaps a very important question to know the next one is may I use the restroom may I use the restroom is a polite and soft expression that you can use if you need to use the toilet you need to use the washroom and when you're at someone's house for the very first time when you're in a place that you're that is new to you you can ask may I use the restroom more casually can I go to the bathroom to be very polite you could say may I go to the bathroom the next phrase is I would like to order something you can use this at a restaurant probably or in any situation where you need to place an order I'd like a pizza I'd like a beer can I get the check please this will be used at a restaurant when you've finished your meal and it's time to go can I get the check please in a very very casual situation you can just say check please that's fine the next phrase is see you soon see you soon is used with friends and family members perhaps when you expect to see them again soon after saying goodbye to them this is used at the end of the conversation you're going separate directions you can see you soon seeya is also good or just see you to make it a little more formal you can say I'll see you again soon make a full sentence out of it that way the next phrase is see you later see you later is very similar to see you soon but the point is would see you later is that you're probably going to meet that person again later on in the same day the last phrase is really really is a very useful word because you can use it to show you were interested in a conversation with upward intonation really really tell me more or to show that you're not so interested in the conversation with downward intonation really so there are many other words that you can use similar to really in this way like seriously or oh oh and so on so it's a really good practice for your intonation so those are 25 very common words and phrases in English if you liked this video if you liked this topic please subscribe I'm sure there'll be a button here somewhere a button here or wherever but please be sure to subscribe to our channel because we're gonna be doing more videos like this and we already have more videos like this so please be sure to check them out thanks very much for watching and we'll see you again soon the coffee is in me hi everybody my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about the top 25 english adjectives so these are the top 25 english adjectives in terms of how often they're used so let's get right into it okay the first adjective is the word good good can be used to refer to anything that you think is good or great or positive in the comparative form it is better in the superlative form it is best so I think pizza is good I think that sleep is good I really think that sleep is good baseball is good playing sports is good video games are good the next word is new comparative form newer comes superlative form newest I have a new haircut do you want a new bike I need to get a new job I'm not sure I'm sorry no there's an example thinking so next one is first first just refers to the number 1 of something yeah the original of something you could say the first silent we're the first movie I ever watched or the first CD I ever bought the first CD I ever bought was Michael Jackson's bad next word is last the final of something we use less to refer to the most recent of something as well as in the last time I went to the beach or the last time I went to the forest or the last time I saw my friend have you ever eaten the last piece of pizza when you weren't supposed to what was the last word we talked about it was first the next word is long long anything that you feel is lightsabers are long subways sandwiches are long I'm not supposed to laugh for long the next word is great great can be used to express any positive emotions somebody gives you new information and you think it's good but you want to express that it's even better than good you can say it's great greater is the comparative form greatest is the superlative form the greatest invention of all time was a light bulb for example what do you think is your greatest achievement one of life's greatest pleasures is finding people to be good friends with is great the next word is little this is a very common word that gets used in an expression like when I was little referring to when you were a kid so when I was little I really liked to play outside or when I was little I was really into Pokemon I have said very little about the were little the next word is near near near ur nearest you probably know the location of the nearest mini a supermarket to your house to the nearest post office I live near a very fashionable store the next word is big big is used for anything that is large in size or large conceptually so for example you can say an elephant is a big animal or in terms of concept you can say let's see that fashion is really big right now or that artist is really big right now and that refers to popularity big movies are exciting to watch with friends do you have any bigger sandwiches I'm really hungry next word is other other just refers to something else something different from what is currently happening the other thing the other person my other friend is a DJ my other friend is a cook my other friend is a dancer my other friend I have very interesting friends what other things have you done with your life the next word is old old it can be used to refer to people it can be used to refer to animals to art anything that has a long history so maybe I like old movies or I don't like old art or I think my grandpa is really really old it isn't getting old the mix where it is right this can be used to refer to the direction right as in the opposite of left or it can be used to refer to something that is correct so in a sentence like your right it means you are correct that is the correct answer it can also be used to mean right as in make a right turn but you'll have to listen to the context to decide which meaning is the true meaning this is not right could mean something that's not fair or that you disagree strongly with this is not right the next word is high high refers to something that is very tall very way up somewhere so many people might say like I have a fear of high buildings there I have a fear of high places it can also in the comparative form just refer to something higher or taller than something else highest meaning the most high squeaky level is high I like high volume music the next word is different not the same as something else is different I think that having many different friends is a lot of fun do you enjoy listening to different kinds of music the next word is small small smaller smallest small and little are extremely similar I would pretty much use them in the same way however we don't say when I was a small kid we say when I was a little kid or you can say when I was small the next word is large large and big are very much the same I will say though that large is used on clothing sizes big is not when we talk about big we talked about how big can be used to refer to something that's very popular large is not used to refer to something that's popular large is used um for for sizing I feel only so like a house can be large but it's used to refer to like the physical size of something large and in charge large larger largest this is the largest bottom is in the zoo next door it is easy easy the next are it easy easier easiest this is a good one that you can use anytime something seems very simple for you for example this test is easy or that was the easiest thing I've ever done or I hope this test is easier than the last test you gosh don't call person easy Alicia don't ever call person easy unless you're trying to be really rude my driving test was really easy or what's the easiest language you've ever studied the next word is difficult difficult to something that seems hard to do what is the most difficult thing you've ever had to do the most difficult thing I've ever had to do was move to a different country the next word is young young younger youngest come on guys younger younger generations have a lot of new technologies to experiment with young the next word is important important more important most important what is important to you I think that practicing another language is more important than playing my banjo I don't have a banjo you can find something that's important to you and put your time into it I think drinking a lot of water every day is important putting on your shoes before you leave the house is very important I have to go it's very important that I go next word is interesting interesting anything that you think is cool anything that you find that makes you go oh is something that's interesting I think that this type of music is the most interesting type of music your mom is interesting the next word is short short shorter shortest I am the shortest person in my class I'm the shortest person in the room short just refers to something that is not long so it can refer to a size or it can also refer to a concept as in a length of time so like I'm going to travel abroad for a short period of time bad bad something that is not good bad food will give you bad feelings in your stomach you're a bad dog who's a bad dog you're mad the nice front is boring something that is not interesting something that does not make you go woo but something that makes you go the most boring story I've ever heard was a story about a tomato if I don't do anything this will be really boring Oh far referring to distance something that is not near to you as far how can I go farther far the farthest I've ever run is seven kilometers I am NOT a runner okay that's the end of the top 25 english adjectives you probably use these if you're studying English and if you haven't tried to experiment with them and see what kind of interesting sentences that you can make up try to use the the normal form and the comparative form and the negative form and the superlative form you can express a lot with just these 25 words so give them a try thanks very much for watching us in this lesson and we'll see you again soon bye hi everyone I'm Gabriela how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a woman is asking a store clerk something at a bookstore which book does the woman want to see excuse me I'd like to take a look at a book on that shelf which book would you like the one about cars one moment please this one yep that's right here you go which book does the woman want to see a woman is asking a store clerk something at a bookstore which book does the woman want to see excuse me I'd like to take a look at a book on that shelf which book would you like the one about cars one moment please this one yep that's right here you go a man and a woman are looking over a menu at a restaurant what's the man going to order what are you going to order the pizza looks delicious I think I'll go with that I had pizza yesterday so okay then what about the hamburger sounds good I'll go with that what's the man going to order a man and a woman are looking over a menu at a restaurant what's the man going to order what are you going to order the pizza looks delicious I think I'll go with that I had pizza yesterday so okay then what about the hamburger sounds good I'll go with that a man is calling the doctor's office what time does he need to be at the doctor's office bye hello how can I help you what time do you close today we close at 6 o'clock but please come in before 5:30 okay thank you what time does he need to be at the doctor's office by a man is calling the doctor's office what time does he need to be at the doctor's office bye hello how can I help you what time do you close today we close at 6 o'clock but please come in before 5:30 okay thank you a boy is reading from his journal what was the first thing the boy did today the weather was great today I went swimming this afternoon at the pool and I went to a movie in the evening I also studied all morning today wasn't bad what was the first thing the boy did today a boy is reading from his journal what was the first thing the boy did today the weather was great today I went swimming this afternoon at the pool and I went to a movie in the evening I also studied all morning today wasn't bad a woman and a man are looking at a photograph which photo are they looking at this is a photo of the soccer team your son is on isn't it which one is your son this one oh he's the tallest one yep he's even taller than the coach which photo are they looking at a woman and a man are looking at a photograph which photo are they looking at this is a photo of the soccer team your son is on isn't it which one is your son this one oh he's the tallest one yep he's even taller than the coach a man and a woman are talking when are they going to see the movie why don't we go see a movie on Saturday yes I'd love to but I have to work a shift in the morning what time will you finish I'll finish it two o'clock then let's meet up at the cafe at 3 o'clock and see a movie at 4 o'clock okay when are they going to see the movie a man and a woman are talking when are they going to see the movie why don't we go see a movie on Saturday yes I'd love to but I have to work a shift in the morning what time will you finish I'll finish it two o'clock then let's meet up at the cafe at 3 o'clock and see a movie at 4 o'clock okay a man is talking with a salesperson at the mall which shirt is he going to buy hmm which shirt do you think is better the white one or the blue one well I think the blue one is better it goes well with this gray jacket you think so but it doesn't go so well with this red tie does it well that's true okay then I'll take the white one not the blue one which shirt is he going to buy a man is talking with a salesperson at the mall which shirt is he going to buy hmm which shirt do you think is better the white one or the blue one well I think the blue one is better it goes well with this gray jacket you think so but it doesn't go so well with this red tie does it well that's true okay then I'll take the white one not the blue one a man is at a hamburger place which meal is he going to order excuse me could I have the value meal please sure thing which do you want french fries or salad french fries okay what will you have to drink coke please which meal is he going to order a man is at a hamburger place which meal is he going to order excuse me could I have the value meal please sure thing which do you want french fries or salad french fries okay what will you have to drink coke please a teacher is baking a cake what did the teacher put in it today we're baking a cake first mix butter and sugar then add two eggs and mix them well add flour and mix it a little bit put it in the oven and bake it for 50 minutes that's it what did the teacher put in it a teacher is baking a cake what did the teacher put in it today we're baking a cake first mix butter and sugar then add two eggs and mix them well add flour and mix it a little bit put it in the oven and bake it for 50 minutes that's it a man and a woman are talking what are they going to do first what do you want to do today I want to go see a movie okay I want to watch the baseball game on TV also I want to go shopping the baseball game starts at 1:00 o'clock okay so let's see the movie first and then you can watch the baseball game all right then we'll go shopping in the evening what are they going to do first a man and a woman are talking what are they going to do first what do you want to do today I want to go see a movie okay I want to watch the baseball game on TV also I want to go shopping the baseball game starts at 1:00 o'clock okay so let's see the movie first and then you can watch the baseball game all right then we'll go shopping in the evening a teacher and a student are talking when will the student go to the teacher's office I didn't really understand today's class I see what was confusing several things do you have time now actually I am a little busy could you come to my office in the afternoon I'll be there from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. okay I'll be there at 2:00 p.m. when will the student go to the teachers office a teacher and a student are talking when will the student go to the teacher's office I didn't really understand today's class I see what was confusing several things do you have time now actually I am a little busy could you come to my office in the afternoon I'll be there from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. okay I'll be there at 2:00 p.m. a woman is having lunch in a restaurant what is she going to order would you like to have coffee or dessert after the meal what desserts do you have we have pudding and apple pie hmm actually I'll just have coffee do you want cream or sugar cream please what is she going to order a woman is having lunch in a restaurant what is she going to order would you like to have coffee or dessert after the meal what desserts do you have we have pudding and apple pie hmm actually I'll just have coffee do you want cream or sugar cream please a woman is waiting for a man where is the woman now hey really sorry but it looks like I'll be 30 minutes late okay I'll wait for you at the cafe cafe where is it it's next to the bookstore there's a bakery across from the cafe okay where is the woman now a woman is waiting for a man where is the woman now Hey really sorry but it looks like I'll be 30 minutes late okay I'll wait for you at the Cafe cafe where is it it's next to the bookstore there's a bakery across from the cafe okay a man and a woman are talking about summer vacation what is the woman going to do on her summer vacation have you already planned for the summer vacation not yet I'm thinking about going to the sea or the mountains I'm going to the beach with some friends we're going surfing sounds nice why don't you come with us Wow sure Thanks what is the woman going to do on her summer vacation a man and a woman are talking about summer vacation what is the woman going to do on her summer vacation have you already planned for the summer vacation not yet I'm thinking about going to the sea or the mountains I'm going to the beach with some friends we're going surfing sounds nice why don't you come with us Wow sure Thanks a man and a woman are talking what did the woman eat this morning oh I'm hungry did you eat anything for breakfast yes I did but only a little what did you eat I had yogurt and coffee that's not enough you'll need some bread and fruit too what did the woman eat this morning a man and a woman are talking what did the woman eat this morning oh I'm hungry did you eat anything for breakfast yes I did but only a little what did you eat I had yogurt and coffee that's not enough you'll need some bread and fruit too a woman is in a department store which floor is she going to excuse me where are the children's clothes they're on the fifth and sixth floors do you also have baby clothes yes they're on the sixth floor we have a lot there thank you very much I'll go and have a look there which floor is she going to a woman is in a department store which floor is she going to excuse me where are the children's clothes they're on the fifth and sixth floors do you also have baby clothes yes they're on the sixth floor we have a lot there thank you very much I'll go and have a look there a man and a woman are talking how old is the man now your birthday is really soon isn't it yep it's the day after tomorrow how old are you going to be I'm turning 60 congratulations we should celebrate thank you very much it's kind of you to say how old is the man now a man and a woman are talking how old is the man now your birthday is really soon isn't it yep it's the day after tomorrow how old are you going to be I'm turning 60 congratulations we should celebrate thank you very much it's kind of you to say a woman is looking at clothes in a boutique what is she going to buy Wow this blue skirts and that white skirt I like them both the white skirt is really popular right now the blue ones a bit expensive too well that's true but it suits you um I can't afford both I'll take the white one an excellent choice thank you very much what is she going to buy a woman is looking at clothes in a boutique what is she going to buy Wow this blue skirt and that white skirt I like them both the white skirt is really popular right now the blue ones a bit expensive too well that's true but it suits you um I can't afford both I'll take the white one an excellent choice thank you very much a man and a woman are talking how many people in total are coming to the party the party's tomorrow who's coming well the two of us two friends of mine and my pottery teacher that will make five then oh well my teachers also bringing his wife Wow a big party then how many people in total are coming to the party a man and a woman are talking how many people in total are coming to the party the party's tomorrow who's coming well the two of us two friends of mine and my pottery teacher that will make five then oh well my teachers also bringing his wife Wow a big party then a woman bought a bed where is she going to put it your new bed it's huge yep I can't put it by the door let's put it at the other end of the room shall we put it in the middle no let's put it in the corner okay sounds good can you help me lift it where is she going to put it a woman bought a bed where is she going to put it your new bed it's huge yep I can't put it by the door let's put it at the other end of the room shall we put it in the middle no let's put it in the corner okay sounds good can you help me lift it did you get it right I hope you learned something from this quiz let us know if you have any questions see you next time hi everyone I'm Gabriela how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a man is reporting about his company's sales performance at a meeting which two charts is he using for his presentation please look at the handout the Left chart shows our company sales over the past three years and the sales forecast for the current year and the right chart shows the monthly breakdown in sales up to October of this year now please have a look at the Left chart it shows that sales have been steadily increasing over the past three years and if we can keep increasing our sales the total sales for this year will show an increase over last year next please look at the right chart the right chart shows that the campaigns we ran in April and August were fairly effective I see but the sales decreased in May and September following the campaigns yes but this kind of decreases unavoidable I expect the annual sales for this year will show an increase over last year if we can keep increasing our sales which two charts is he using for his presentation a man is reporting about his company's sales performance at a meeting which two charts is he using for his presentation please look at the handout the Left chart shows our company sales over the past three years and the sales forecast for the current year and the right chart shows the monthly breakdown in sales up to October of this year now please have a look at the Left chart it shows that sales have been steadily increasing over the past three years and if we can keep increasing our sales the total sales for this year will show an increase over last year next please look at the right chart the right chart shows that the campaigns we ran in April and August were fairly effective I see but the sales decreased in May and September following the campaigns yes but this kind of decrease is unavoidable I expect the annual sales for this year will show an increase over last year if we can keep increasing our sales a man is joining a sports club and getting information on its policies what type of membership will he choose let me start by explaining our clubs different membership options as described in this brochure regular members can use the gym in the pool at any time on any day of the week but we also offer early-morning memberships where people can use the facilities only in the early morning and night memberships for people who only want to come in the evening what are the hours for early morning members early morning members can use the facilities from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and night members can use them from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. I see so early morning members can stop by and use the facilities on their way to work exactly the early morning type is popular among people with 9 to 5 jobs and we also offer memberships just for the gym or just for the pool if you only want to use one of those I want to use both the gym and the pool I think I'll use the gym in the early morning before going to work on weekdays and then use the pool on the weekend if you have a membership that covers something like early mornings for the weekdays but all day on the weekend we're sorry but we don't offer a membership like that sir ok I don't think I can get up that early on the weekend so I'll choose this membership option what type of membership will he choose a man is joining a sports club and getting information on its policies what type of membership will he choose let me start by explaining our clubs different membership options as described in this brochure regular members can use the gym in the pool at any time on any day of the week but we also offer early-morning memberships where people can use the facilities only in the early morning and night memberships for people who only want to come in the evening what are the hours for early morning members early morning members can use the facilities from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and night members can use them from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. I see so early morning members can stop by and use the facilities on their way to work exactly the early morning type is popular among people with 9 to 5 jobs and we also offer memberships just for the gym or just for the pool if you only want to use one of those I want to use both the gym and the pool I think I'll use the gym in the early morning before going to work on weekdays and then use the pool on the weekend if you have a membership that covers something like early mornings for the weekdays but all day on the weekend we're sorry but we don't offer a membership like that sir ok I don't think I can get up that early on the weekend so I'll choose this membership option a woman is talking with a man who works for an outsourced printing company about a brochure for a new product when is the deadline for the first design draft for the brochure we decided to launch the new product on October 15th and we'd like to offer you the contract to make the brochure thank you so much we're definitely excited about helping you with this project so could you tell us a bit about the schedule when will you need everything by well considering the time needed for printing we'd like to get the brochures to the printing stage by the end of September so would it be possible for you to get us the first design draft by the middle of August well we'd like to give you three design options for the initial draft and then have you choose the one which best fits your concept then we'll make the final design based on your choice so it'll be very helpful if you could give us two more weeks to prepare for this stage hmm okay maybe one month will be enough time to choose one of the designs you've made and then decide on the final design all right we'll be counting on you you're in good hands our design team is the best thank you so much when is the deadline for the first design draft for the brochure a woman is talking with a man who works for an outsourced printing company about a brochure for a new product when is the deadline for the first design draft for the brochure we decided to launch the new product on October 15th and we'd like to offer you the contract to make the brochure thank you so much we're definitely excited about helping you with this project so could you tell us a bit about the schedule when will you need everything by well considering the time needed for printing we'd like to get the brochures to the printing stage by the end of September so would it be possible for you to get us the first design draft by the middle of August well we'd like to give you three design options for the initial draft and then have you choose the one which best fits your concept then we'll make the final design based on your choice so it'll be very helpful if you could give us two more weeks to prepare for this stage hmm okay maybe one month will be enough time to choose one of the designs you've made and then decide on the final design all right we'll be counting on you you're in good hands our design team is the best thank you so much a woman is calling on the phone to reserve tickets for a play which two seats did she get hello this is black friars Playhouse can I help you I'd like to get two tickets for King Lear at 5:30 this evening do you still have any tickets available we do have a few seats left but I'm sorry to say we don't have any next to each other if you don't mind though we can get you two seats separately okay we don't mind do you have any particular requests well do you have any aisle seats yes we have an aisle seat at the left side of the center section and to the right of it three seats over we have another free seat to the side okay then please book that aisle seat certainly how about the other one do you have any seats near the center the only Center seats we have left are from the first row to the third row I'm not too crazy about having actors spit on me so this room is relatively small and I think you could enjoy the play even at the end of the row on the side is that so then I'll take the one you mentioned before on the left side which two seats did she get a woman is calling on the phone to reserve tickets for a play which two seats did she get hello this is Blackfriars Playhouse can I help you I'd like to get two tickets for King Lear at 5:30 this evening do you still have any tickets available we do have a few seats left but I'm sorry to say we don't have any next to each other if you don't mind though we can get you two seats separately okay we don't mind do you have any particular requests well do you have any aisle seats yes we have an aisle seat at the left side of the center section and to the right of it three seats over we have another free seat to the side okay then please book that aisle seat certainly how about the other one do you have any seats near the center the only Center seats we have left are from the first row to the third row I'm not too crazy about having actors spit on me so this room is relatively small and I think you could enjoy the play even at the end of the row on the side is that so then I'll take the one you mentioned before on the left side a man and a woman are talking about preparations for a presentation they'll be making tomorrow at their office what will the woman check after the conversation ends okay I think we're almost ready for the presentation tomorrow just a few more things the meeting will start at 9:00 sharp so could you double check the meeting room today yep I've already checked the room okay great did you make sure the projector is working okay oh I was gonna check the projector tomorrow morning when I have my laptop no we've got to get that checked today we won't have time to deal with it in the morning if there's a problem so make sure to check that projector today that's the most important thing okay will do and did you get the copies of those handouts miss Tanaka is making them now let's see what else oh did you check the whiteboard yes I did sometimes the pens don't have enough ink left in them did you get a chance to check them not yet but I'll make sure to do that later yes please make sure to do that today what will the woman check after the conversation ends a man and a woman are talking about preparations for a presentation they'll be making tomorrow at their office what will the woman check after the conversation ends ok I think we're almost ready for the presentation tomorrow just a few more things the meeting will start at 9:00 sharp so could you double check the meeting room today yep I've already checked the room ok great did you make sure the projector is working ok oh I was gonna check the projector tomorrow morning when I have my laptop no we've got to get that check today we won't have time to deal with it in the morning if there's a problem so make sure to check that projector today that's the most important thing ok will do and did you get the copies of those handouts miss Tanaka is making them now let's see what else oh did you check the whiteboard yes I did sometimes the pens don't have enough ink left in them did you get a chance to check them not yet but I'll make sure to do that later yes please make sure to do that today hi everyone I'm Gabriela how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a man and a woman are choosing a hotel which hotel are they going to choose we have to decide on the hotel for our trip next month okay let's check the internet the ocean hotel is near the beach it says $120 a night per person and you get a buffet breakfast how about the pine hotel it's $80 a night I don't want to waste too much on accommodations hmm but the pine hotel is far from the beach and from downtown and it says you have to pay for Wi-Fi what about the sunrise hotel it usually costs a hundred forty dollars a night but now they're running a promotion and we can stay one night for $90 it's between the beach and downtown plus it has free Wi-Fi sounds good oh wait it says the deal is for next week only oh I didn't see that so how about this place the Royal Hotel it's located in the middle of downtown and it costs $100 a night the room doesn't look so nice but they have free Wi-Fi okay let's book this hotel oh it's already fully booked shoot then I think the first one is best is it full no it's not great which hotel are they going to choose a man and a woman are choosing a hotel which hotel are they going to choose we have to decide on the hotel for our trip next month okay let's check the internet the ocean hotel is near the beach it says $120 a night per person and you get a buffet breakfast how about the pine hotel it's $80 a night I don't want to waste too much on accommodations hmm but the pine hotel is far from the beach and from downtown and it says you have to pay for Wi-Fi what about the sunrise hotel it usually costs a hundred forty dollars a night but now they're running a promotion and we can stay one night for $90 it's between the beach and downtown plus it has free Wi-Fi sounds good oh wait it says the deal is for next week only oh I didn't see that so how about this place the Royal Hotel it's located in the middle of downtown and it costs $100 a night the room doesn't look so nice but they have free Wi-Fi okay let's book this hotel oh it's already fully booked shoot then I think the first one is best is it full no it's not great a man and a woman are talking about the layout of a meeting room how are they going to arrange the tables [Music] let's move the tables for tomorrow's meeting alright shall we put all the tables in the center of the room so that everyone faces each other well there's going to be a group session first so let's separate the tables into four sections four people will be seated in each group okay and I'll put some pens and pads of paper on each table thank you and we'll have a short presentation at the beginning of the session so we need a projector here all right also we're going to use a whiteboard aren't we is it okay if I put the whiteboard next to the screen well how about putting the whiteboard at the other end of the room that makes sense after the meeting we need to put everything back where it was in four rows of two tables per row how are they going to arrange the tables a man and a woman are talking about the layout of a meeting room how are they going to arrange the tables let's move the tables for tomorrow's meeting alright shall we put all the tables in the center of the room so that everyone faces each other well there's going to be a group session first so let's separate the tables into four sections four people will be seated in each group okay and I'll put some pens and pads of paper on each table thank you and we'll have a short presentation at the beginning of the session so we need a projector here all right also we're going to use a whiteboard aren't we is it okay if I put the whiteboard next to the screen well how about putting the whiteboard at the other end of the room that makes sense after the meeting we need to put everything back where it was in four rows of two tables per row a man and a woman are talking about office supplies what will the man order every month you need to check our office supplies and order any items that are running low this time let's take a look at them together here's the checklist ok that sounds good well starting with the paper it looks like there's only one box left we use lots of paper every day so let's order two more boxes ok the printer is out of color ink should we order that we don't really print documents in color so we don't need to worry about that hmm ok looks like these whiteboard markers are running out of ink right those need to be replaced we get a discount if we order them in sets of five so let's do that okay and while we're at it can we order a mouse sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't that's probably because it's running out of batteries let's check the stock of batteries and order more if we don't have many left sure well we have three batteries here you can take two of these for your mouse but buy a six pack of batteries to replace them what will the man order a man and a woman are talking about office supplies what will the man order every month you need to check our office supplies and order any items that are running low this time let's take a look at them together here's the checklist ok that sounds good well starting with the paper it looks like there's only one box left we use lots of paper every day so let's order two more boxes ok the printer is out of color ink should we order that we don't really print documents in color so we don't need to worry about that hmm ok looks like these whiteboard markers are running out of ink right those need to be replaced we get a discount if we order them in sets of five so let's do that okay and while we're at it can we order a mouse sometimes it works but sometimes it doesn't that's probably because it's running out of batteries let's check the stock of batteries in order more if we don't have many left sure well we have three batteries here you can take two of these for your mouse but buy a six pack of batteries to replace them a woman is asking for directions to the airport at an information center how is she going to get to the airport excuse me I need to go to the airport would you tell me how to get there sure there are a few ways if you take bus number one it takes about one and a half hours to the airport it's the least expensive way bus number two is a non-stop bus it's more expensive and leaves once every hour but it only takes fifty minutes I see what about taxis there's a taxi stand in front of the building and they take about an hour but they use the expressway and charge extra for a lot of luggage so it's going to be a lot more expensive than the bus I guess that makes sense and I'd like to avoid paying too much you didn't by chance buy anything at shopping world while you were here they offer complimentary shuttle service to the airport for customers who make a purchase there wow I didn't know that I haven't bought anything yet but I was going to stop by and get some souvenirs there anyway then you can use that how is she going to get to the airport a woman is asking for directions to the airport at an information center how is she going to get to the airport excuse me I need to go to the airport would you tell me how to get there sure there are a few ways if you take bus number one it takes about one and a half hours to the airport it's the least expensive way bus number two is a non-stop bus it's more expensive and leaves once every hour but it only takes fifty minutes I see what about taxis there's a taxi stand in front of the building and they take about an hour but they use the expressway and charge extra for a lot of luggage so it's going to be a lot more expensive than the bus I guess that makes sense and I'd like to avoid paying too much you didn't by chance buy anything at shopping world while you were here they offer complimentary shuttle service to the airport for customers who make a purchase there Wow I didn't know that I haven't bought anything yet but I was going to stop by and get some souvenirs there anyway then you can use that a woman and a supplier are talking on the phone what is the woman going to get for the sale I need you to deliver some more sweaters in time for the sale next month okay what do you need we need a thousand of the small red sweaters and four hundred of the medium red sweaters and we also need 600 of the small green sweaters and 200 of the medium green sweaters by the end of this month red and green sweaters actually we're running low on green sweaters and we're waiting on some green yarn from our supplier we'll get you started with the red sweaters though no no no we need the red and green sweaters together so please just get as many green sweaters ready as you can okay I think we can get 200 of the green sweaters to you on time which size has higher priority the small ones take priority sorry for such short notice but we really need your help all right we'll do our best we'll get those green sweaters to you along with all the red sweaters you ordered what is the woman going to get for the sale a woman and a supplier are talking on the phone what is the woman going to get for the sale I need you to deliver some more sweaters in time for the sale next month okay what do you need we need a thousand of the small red sweaters and four hundred of the medium red sweaters and we also need six hundred of the small green sweaters and 200 of the medium green sweaters by the end of this month red and green sweaters actually we're running low on green sweaters and we're waiting on some green yarn from our supplier we'll get you started with the red sweaters though no no no we need the red and green sweaters together so please just get as many green sweaters ready as you can okay I think we can get 200 of the green sweaters to you on time which size has higher priority the small ones take priority sorry for such short notice but we really need your help all right we'll do our best we'll get those green sweaters to you along with all the red sweaters you ordered hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a woman is asking about a library's lending policy which materials could she borrow at one time excuse me can you tell me how to borrow books is it your first time at this library yes well then I'll explain the rules to you you can borrow up to six books and five CDs or DVDs at a time per person but you can only borrow up to ten items in total at a time everything needs to be returned in two weeks and if you'd like to renew please let us know before then can I also borrow magazines or newspapers you can't borrow newspapers but you can borrow magazines except for the latest issue can I return them through the mail we can't accept returns through the mail please come to the library to return them after hours you can put them in the box next to the entrance but items that are overdue please return them directly to this desk I see thank you very much which materials could she borrow at one time a woman is asking about a library's lending policy which materials could she borrow at one time excuse me can you tell me how to borrow books is it your first time at this library yes well then I'll explain the rules to you you can borrow up to six books and five CDs or DVDs at a time per person but you can only borrow up to ten items in total at a time everything needs to be returned in two weeks and if you'd like to renew please let us know before then can I also borrow magazines or newspapers you can't borrow newspapers but you can borrow magazines except for the latest issue can I return them through the mail we can't accept returns through the mail please come to the library to return them after hours you can put them in the box next to the entrance but items that are overdue please return them directly to this desk I see thank you very much a man is choosing an insurance plan which plan is he going to sign up for [Music] what kind of trip will you be taking I'm going scuba diving since I'll be bringing all my own equipment I'm a bit worried about getting it stolen very smart of you insurance against theft is included in all of our plans since scuba diving equipment is an unusual type of baggage only plan a can cover it though alternatively you can get insurance specifically for scuba diving equipment and add it to other plans plan a is the most expensive one right what's the difference between plan B and Plan C okay for example if you happen to stay in a hospital abroad Plan B covers flight tickets for your family to visit you but Plan C doesn't I see if I get the SPECIAL contract or scuba diving equipment and add it to Plan B or Plan C would it be more expensive than plan a with plan B that would make it a little more expensive but with Plan C it would be less expensive okay by the way is there any plan that's cheaper than Plan C yes we have plan D but it doesn't cover accomodation if your flight gets delayed or cancelled so we don't recommend this plan got it I agree that I need coverage but I don't think I need coverage for family plane tickets so I'll take this plan and combine it with the insurance for scuba diving equipment which plan is he going to sign up for a man is choosing an insurance plan which plan is he going to sign up for what kind of trip will you be taking I'm going scuba diving since I'll be bringing all my own equipment I'm a bit worried about getting it stolen very smart of you insurance against theft is included in all of our plans since scuba diving equipment is an unusual type of baggage only plan a can cover it though alternatively you can get insurance specifically for scuba diving equipment and add it to other plans plan a is the most expensive one right what's the difference between plan B and Plan C okay for example if you happen to stay in a hospital abroad Plan B covers flight tickets for your family to visit you but Plan C doesn't I see if I get the SPECIAL contract or scuba diving equipment and add it to Plan B or Plan C would it be more expensive than plan a with plan B that would make it a little more expensive but with Plan C it would be less expensive okay by the way is there any plan that's cheaper than Plan C yes we have plan D but it doesn't cover accomodation if your flight gets delayed or cancelled so we don't recommend this plan got it I agree that I need coverage but I don't think I need coverage for family plane tickets so I'll take this plan and combine it with the insurance for scuba diving equipment a woman is reporting to her boss about the results of a questionnaire which graph represents the employees from the bee branch last week we asked 200 employees to answer a questionnaire about their fitness habits the focus of this questionnaire was on how many hours they exercised each week did you tally up the results for the a and B branches separately yes an employee's had four options less than an hour around one to two hours around three to five hours and six hours or more here are the results so employees in both branches answered about one to two hours the most looks like they're exercising about once a week yes and after that employees in the a branch were most likely to answer about three to five hours while in the B branch the next most common answer was less than an hour hmm not even 10 percent of employees at the B branch exercised more than six hours that's right so I was thinking we could organize weekly sports events there that anybody could casually join that's a good idea it did give employees a good chance to socialize - I'll leave it to you thank you I'll take care of it which graph represents the employees from the bee branch a woman is reporting to her boss about the results of a questionnaire which graph represents the employees from the bee branch last week we asked 200 employees to answer a questionnaire about their fitness habits the focus of this questionnaire was on how many hours they exercise each week did you tally up the results for the a and B branches separately yes and employees had four options less than an hour around one to two hours around three to five hours and six hours or more here are the results so employees in both branches answered about one to two hours the most looks like they're exercising about once a week yes and after that employees in the a branch were most likely to answer about three to five hours while in the B branch the next most common answer was less than an hour hmm not even ten percent of employees at the B branch exercise more than six hours that's right so I was thinking we could organize weekly sports events there that anybody could casually join that's a good idea it did give employees a good chance to socialize - I'll leave it to you thank you I'll take care of it a male student and a female student are talking about volunteer activities which activities are they going to take part in I heard we're supposed to volunteer for some activity and write a report about it for class we can choose anything right what are you going to do I haven't made up my mind yet what about you I haven't decided yet either I'm interested in environmental issues so I'm looking for something in a nature conservation group I see so you want to go and pick up trash off of the ground well that'd be okay actually but I'm looking for a group activity I want to learn more about a leadership role in this kind of organization as well if possible you know I have a friend who helps out with a group that plants trees with kids are you interested in that kind of thing yeah that sounds good thanks it'd also be a great opportunity to interact with children do you want to do this too maybe but I'd like to try something a bit more people focused you know like helping elderly or disabled people oh my mother is helping out at the local Senior Center would that be interesting to you yes that sounds great which activities are they going to take part in a male student and a female student are talking about volunteer activities which activities are they going to take part in I heard we're supposed to volunteer for some activity and write a report about it for class we can choose anything right what are you going to do I haven't made up my mind yet what about you I haven't decided yet either I'm interested in environmental issues so I'm looking for something in a nature conservation group I see so you want to go and pick up trash off of the ground well that'd be okay actually but I'm looking for a group activity I want to learn more about a leadership role in this kind of organization as well if possible you know I have a friend who helps out with a group that plants trees with kids are you interested in that kind of thing yeah that sounds good thanks it'd also be a great opportunity to interact with children do you want to do this too maybe but I'd like to try something a bit more people focused you know like helping elderly or disabled people oh my mother is helping out at the local Senior Center would that be interesting to you yes that sounds great two Baker's are talking how are they going to display their bread this new cheesy bread isn't selling well is it no we placed it on the top shelf though hmm maybe it's too high for some people they probably can't see it then let's put it on the middle shelf sounds good they'll see it when they first come into the store and why don't we put a red cloth on this shelf so that they know it's our new bread all right then we'll have to move the croissants to somewhere else top or bottom why don't we put our regular items on the top shelf they'll so well even if they're not easy to spot that has to be the French bread then let's put it in a basket so it'll stand out good idea now the croissants have to be on the bottom okay how does it look looks good let's see how it goes for a week and then decide if we need to make any adjustments how are they going to display their bread two Baker's are talking how are they going to display their bread this new cheesy bread isn't selling well is it no we placed it on the top shelf though hmm maybe it's too high for some people they probably can't see it then let's put it on the middle shelf sounds good they'll see it when they first come into the store and why don't we put a red cloth on this shelf so that they know it's our new bread all right then we'll have to move the croissants to somewhere else top or bottom why don't we put our regular items on the top shelf they'll sell well even if they're not easy to spot that has to be the French bread then let's put it in a basket so it'll stand out good idea now the croissants have to be on the bottom okay how does it look looks good let's see how it goes for a week and then decide if we need to make any adjustments did you get it right I hope you learned something from this quiz let us know if you have any questions see you next time hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a man is looking for a birthday present for his wife at a jewelry shop which necklace is he going to buy may I help you I'm looking for a birthday present for my wife what do you recommend well what about this necklace hmm it looks a little long what about these over here we have one with the flower pendant and another one with a heart I'm looking for something a bit more sophisticated how much is this pearl necklace over here it's $5,000 hmm that's too expensive okay I'll take the first one sure thing here you are which necklace is he going to buy a man is looking for a birthday present for his wife at a jewelry shop which necklace is he going to buy may I help you I'm looking for a birthday present for my wife what do you recommend well what about this necklace hmm it looks a little long what about these over here we have one with the flower pendant and another one with a heart I'm looking for something a bit more sophisticated how much is this pearl necklace over here it's $5,000 hmm that's too expensive okay I'll take the first one sure thing here you are a man and a woman are talking about printers in the office where is the old printer where should we put the new printer hmm I think we should put it where the old printer is now but the old one still works we're going to keep using it okay so we can't put the new one there it's too bad it would be nice to have the new one in the bookshelf next to the door but there's only room for one printer there okay then I think we should put it on the other side of the room right how about next to the window that sounds good where is the old printer a man and a woman are talking about printers in the office where is the old printer where should we put the new printer hmm I think we should put it where the old printer is now but the old one still works we're going to keep using it okay so we can't put the new one there it's too bad it would be nice to have the new one in the bookshelf next to the door but there's only room for one printer there okay then I think we should put it on the other side of the room right how about next to the window that sounds good a man is talking with his wife on the phone what's he going to buy hey heading home now okay could you buy something on the way home sure what do you want me to get we need some milk and bread for tomorrow's breakfast milk and bread got it how many cartons of milk one should be fine okay anything else one second let me check if we have butter okay we've got some all right do we have any beer left yes we still have a bottle here okay so we don't need to buy any right now right I think we're good thank you what's he going to buy a man is talking with his wife on the phone what's he going to buy hey heading home now okay could you buy something on the way home sure what do you want me to get we need some milk and bread for tomorrow's breakfast milk and bread got it how many cartons of milk one should be fine okay anything else one second let me check if we have butter okay we've got some all right do we have any beer left yes we still have a bottle here okay so we don't need to buy any right now right I think we're good thank you you're listening to the weather forecast what's the forecast we'll have sunny weather all through the morning in the afternoon though it's going to get cloudy and we'll have rain in the night the rain will continue through the night until early tomorrow morning when the Sun will start coming out again what's the forecast you're listening to the weather forecast what's the forecast we'll have sunny weather all through the morning in the afternoon though it's going to get cloudy and we'll have rain in the night the rain will continue through the night until early tomorrow morning when the Sun will start coming out again a man and a woman are talking about the design of the company business card which design did they decide on we've got some new designs for the company business card which one do you think is best let's see I think the company name should be bigger okay then it should be one of these right I like these because the company name is big and on top one of these has a space for a photo what do you think hmm I think it makes the text a little too small yeah the text could be a little hard to read with the picture okay then let's go with the other one which design did they decide on a man and a woman are talking about the design of the company business card which design did they decide on we've got some new designs for the company business card which one do you think is best let's see I think the company name should be bigger okay then it should be one of these right I like these because the company name is big and on top one of these has a space for a photo what do you think hmm I think it makes the text a little too small yeah the text could be a little hard to read with the picture okay then let's go with the other one hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a woman is looking for a bus stop she asks a man where one is where is the bus stop excuse me do you know if there's a bus stop near here yes one is very close first go straight and turn at the second traffic light then turn left at the corner of the bookstore you will see a bank the bus stop is in front of the bank got it thank you so much where is the bus stop a woman is looking for a bus stop she asks a man where one is where is the bus stop excuse me do you know if there's a bus stop near here yes one is very close first go straight and turn at the second traffic light then turn left at the corner of the bookstore you will see a bank the bus stop is in front of the bank got it thank you so much a woman is talking with her boss what will they drink in the meeting [Music] we'll be having a meeting with Michael from our New York office this afternoon do you know if there are any drinks left we have some coffee hmm Michael doesn't drink coffee do we have any bottled water yes I think there's still some left excellent very good do you want anything I'll have the same thing too what will they drink in the meeting a woman is talking with her boss what will they drink in the meeting we'll be having a meeting with Michael from our New York office this afternoon do you know if there are any drinks left we have some coffee hmm Michael doesn't drink coffee do we have any bottled water yes I think there's still some left excellent very good do you want anything I'll have the same thing too a woman is talking to a salesperson at the mall which computer is she going to buy [Music] excuse me I'm looking for a really light Ultrabook okay how about this one it's really flat and light it looks nice can you watch DVDs on this computer I am afraid not you can watch DVDs on that one but it's a little bit larger and heavier hmm yeah this is too heavy I'll buy the first one thank you so much you can choose from white black or silver I want the black one which computer is she going to buy a woman is talking to a salesperson at the mall which computer is she going to buy excuse me I'm looking for a really light Ultrabook okay how about this one it's really flat and light it looks nice can you watch DVDs on this computer I am afraid not you can watch DVDs on that one but it's a little bit larger and heavier hmm yeah this is too heavy I'll buy the first one thank you so much you can choose from white black or silver I want the black one a man is talking with a woman about his upcoming trip when is he coming back to Salt Lake City [Music] you're going on a trip next week right yes I'm going to Hong Kong on Tuesday and we'll stay there for two nights then you're going to Taipei yes I'm going to Taipei on Thursday and we'll stay there overnight and then I'll come back home so you'll be at the meeting on Saturday right yes that's right when is he coming back to Salt Lake City a man is talking with a woman about his upcoming trip when is he coming back to Salt Lake City you're going on a trip next week right yes I'm going to Hong Kong on Tuesday and we'll stay there for two nights then you're going to Taipei yes I'm going to Taipei on Thursday and we'll stay there overnight and then I'll come back home so you'll be at the meeting on Saturday right yes that's right a man is ordering a pizza over the phone what does he order thank you for calling this is pizza station hi can I have a garlic tomato pizza a garlic tomato pizza okay which size a large please and cut it into eight pieces sure do you want anything else yes I'll have four breadsticks and two cans of coke all right we're going to deliver it in about 40 minutes what does he order a man is ordering a pizza over the phone what does he order thank you for calling this is pizza station hi can I have a garlic tomato pizza a garlic tomato pizza okay which size a large please and cut it into eight pieces sure do you want anything else yes I'll have four breadsticks and two cans of coke all right we're going to deliver it in about 40 minutes hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a man is going to have dinner at a restaurant what time will the restaurant close excuse me how late are you open we're open until 11 p.m. but the kitchen closes at 10 p.m. is that okay yes sure thanks it's pretty late so I thought you were already closed we used to close this place at 10:00 p.m. but we pushed it back oh I see but we closed the restaurant at 9:00 on Sunday got it what time will the restaurant closed a man is going to have dinner at a restaurant what time will the restaurant close excuse me how late are you open we're open until 11 p.m. but the kitchen closes at 10 p.m. is that okay yes sure thanks it's pretty late so I thought you were already closed we used to close this place at 10:00 p.m. but we pushed it back oh I see but we closed the restaurant at 9:00 on Sunday got it a husband and wife are shopping online when will the vacuum cleaner be delivered which vacuum do you like better well I think this one looks nice yeah it does it'll take three or four days to deliver can we be here next Saturday no we're going to play golf Saturday morning okay then maybe we can have it delivered Sunday sounds good hey let's remember not to stay out too late Friday night we have to get up early on Sunday I know when will the vacuum cleaner be delivered a husband and wife are shopping online when will the vacuum cleaner be delivered which vacuum do you like better well I think this one looks nice yeah it does it'll take three or four days to deliver can we be here next Saturday no we're going to play golf Saturday morning okay then maybe we can have it delivered Sunday sounds good hey let's remember not to stay out too late Friday night we have to get up early on Sunday I know a woman is talking to her doctor which and how many medicines will she have to take every day well I'm giving you three kinds of medicine please take them after dinner every day okay take two of the round pills one capsule and one ear drop each time sure I'm giving you a three day course of medicine if you're not better after that come and see me again thank you very much get well soon which and how many medicines will she have to take every day a woman is talking to her doctor which and how many medicines will she have to take every day well I'm giving you three kinds of medicine please take them after dinner every day okay take two of the round pills one capsule and one ear drop each time sure I'm giving you a three day course of medicine if you're not better after that come and see me again thank you very much get well soon a man and a woman are talking who lives with the man I'd like to introduce you to my family is there some time soon you could come over wow this is a big step could you tell me a bit more about your family before I meet them sure my father works in computers and his hobby is fishing my mother runs a restaurant and she's good at cooking they live nearby do you have any brothers and sisters yes I have an older sister and a younger brother my sister is married and is living abroad my brother is in law school over on the East Coast it sounds like you have a nice family I'd love to meet them who lives with the man a man and a woman are talking who lives with the man I'd like to introduce you to my family is there some time soon you could come over wow this is a big step could you tell me a bit more about your family before I meet them sure my father works in computers and his hobby is fishing my mother runs a restaurant and she's good at cooking they live nearby do you have any brothers and sisters yes I have an older sister and a younger brother my sister is married and is living abroad my brother is in law school over on the East Coast it sounds like you have a nice family I'd love to meet them a man is in a glasses shop which pair of glasses does he choose hello are you looking for glasses yes my eyes have been quite bad lately okay do you like square lenses well I've been wearing square shaped glasses for a long time so I'd like to try something else sure I recommend these round ones hmm I don't think it suits me like I expected I'll take the same shape as my current glasses do you have any with black frames certainly how about this pair yes I'll take these which pair of glasses does he choose a man is in a glasses shop which pair of glasses does he choose hello are you looking for glasses yes my eyes have been quite bad lately okay do you like square lenses well I've been wearing square shaped glasses for a long time so I'd like to try something else sure I recommend these round ones hmm I don't think it suits me like I expected I'll take the same shape as my current glasses do you have any with black frames certainly how about this pair yes I'll take these hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a man and a woman are talking on the phone when is the man going to see the dentist I'm sorry but can you please cancel my appointment for today sure thing is there another day when you can come in how about Saturday the morning is better for me I'm afraid this Saturday is fully booked we can put you in for next Saturday though actually one of my teeth is starting to hurt can we do late afternoon on Thursday yes both five o'clock and six o'clock are available six o'clock sounds good short sing we'll schedule you for them when is the man going to see the dentist a man and a woman are talking on the phone when is the man going to see the dentist I'm sorry but can you please cancel my appointment for today sure thing is there another day when you can come in how about Saturday the morning is better for me I'm afraid this Saturday is fully booked we can put you in for next Saturday though actually one of my teeth is starting to hurt can we do late afternoon on Thursday yes both five o'clock and six o'clock are available six o'clock sounds good short sing will schedule you for then a woman will be visiting her friend's apartment what is her friend's apartment number [Music] can't wait for your party on Sunday me too it starts at 12 o'clock right your apartment is 1 0 1 8 isn't it yes that's right my apartment is in a 2 building complex with an east and west tower my room is 1 0 1 8 in the East Building ok please call me if you have any questions will do thank you what is her friend's apartment number a woman will be visiting her friend's apartment what is her friend's apartment number can't wait for your party on Sunday me too it starts at 12 o'clock right your apartment is 1 0 1 8 isn't it yes that's right my apartment is in a 2 building complex with an east and west tower my room is 1 0 1 8 in the East Building ok please call me if you have any questions will do thank you a man is renting some DVDs how many DVDs is he going to rent hello how may I help you I'd like to rent these DVDs please three altogether you know you get a discount if you rent five sounds nice but I won't have time to watch that many movies so I'll just take these three we're offering a special discount right now and you can get them for an extra week really awesome I'll get two more how many dvds is he going to rent a man is renting some DVDs how many DVDs is he going to rent hello how may I help you I'd like to rent these DVDs please three altogether you know you get a discount if you rent five sounds nice but I won't have time to watch that many movies so I'll just take these three we're offering a special discount right now and you can get them for an extra week really awesome I'll get two more a man and a woman are talking which clock are they looking at and what time is it [Music] Hey what time is it sorry no watch today and I forgot my phone at home okay I'm a bit worried that we won't make the Train look there's a clock at the station entrance nice but it looks like the train will be here in five minutes that's the ten o'clock train right right we'd better hurry up which clock are they looking at and what time is it a man and a woman are talking which clock are they looking at and what time is it Hey what time is it sorry no watch today and I forgot my phone at home okay I'm a bit worried that we won't make the Train look there's a clock at the station entrance nice but it looks like the train will be here in five minutes that's the ten o'clock train right right we'd better hurry up a man is choosing his seat for a flight where is his seat do you have any seats available for the flight tomorrow night would you like to sit in regular economy or Premium Economy regular economy is fine hmm thank you for waiting we do have a few seats great I'd like an aisle seat please I'm afraid there are no aisle seats left ah okay could you just not put me in the middle what a window seat be okay sure thank you where is his seat a man is choosing his seat for a flight where is his seat do you have any seats available for the flight tomorrow night would you like to sit in regular economy or premium economy regular economy is fine hmm thank you for waiting we do have a few seats great I'd like an aisle seat please I'm afraid there are no aisle seats left ah okay could you just not put me in the middle what a window seat B okay sure thank you did you get it right I hope you learned something from this quiz let us know if you have any questions see you next time hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a husband and a wife are looking at some floor plans which room are they going to see how about this one it's got a nice large living room hmm I like a big living room but I want the parking space let's see how about this one yeah that's nice should we go see this one wait a second isn't the closet a bit too small good point hmm there doesn't seem to be one that's perfect wait how about this one it's got everything we need doesn't it and the closet is pretty large too let's go see this one okay which room are they going to see a husband and a wife are looking at some floor plans which room are they going to see how about this one it's got a nice large living room hmm I like a big living room but I want the parking space let's see how about this one yeah that's nice should we go see this one wait a second isn't the closet a bit too small good point hmm there doesn't seem to be one that's perfect wait how about this one it's got everything we need doesn't it and the closet is pretty large too let's go see this one okay a man is making a reservation at a hotel which room is he going to stay in [Music] Seaside hotel how may I help you hi I like to stay for one night on September 22nd certainly one night from September 22nd how many people - would you like a smoking or a non-smoking room sir non-smoking the only non-smoking room available on that day is a Mountain View room is that okay well I was hoping for an ocean view room I'm sorry but the only ocean view room available on that day is a smoking room I see is there a non-smoking ocean view room available on September 23rd yes there is okay we'll stay on September 23rd which room is he going to stay in a man is making a reservation at a hotel which room is he going to stay in seaside hotel how may I help you hi I'd like to stay for one night on September 22nd certainly one night from September 22nd how many people - would you like a smoking or a non-smoking room sir non-smoking the only non-smoking room available on that day is a Mountain View room is that okay well I was hoping for an ocean view room I'm sorry but the only ocean view room available on that day is a smoking room I see is there a non-smoking ocean view room available on September 23rd yes there is okay we'll stay on September 23rd a woman is talking to her hairstylist how would she like to change her hair hi may I help you hi I've got a three o'clock reservation for Ritchie oh yes welcome miss Ritchie please come this way what can I do for you today I'd like to change my hairstyle a little bit okay what length would you like about shoulder length all right and what about your bangs keep the bangs straight down or parted on the side to the side a bit which side maybe a little left from the middle got it we'll start with the shampoo so please come this way how would she like to change her hair a woman is talking to her hairstylist how would she like to change her hair hi may I help you hi I've got a three o'clock reservation for Ritchie oh yes welcome miss Ritchie please come this way what can I do for you today I'd like to change my hairstyle a little bit okay what length would you like about shoulder length all right and what about your bangs keep the bangs straight down or parted on the side to the side a bit which side maybe a little left from the middle got it we'll start with the shampoo so please come this way a male and female student are looking at job advertisements which job is the female student going to apply for Hey what do you think about this job the hourly pay is pretty high sure the paint looks great but could you really do a newspaper delivery route of course I'm good at riding bikes but I'm worried about waking up early what about this one the pay isn't that's high but you can work two or three days a week and start working from the evening oh this one a supermarket cashier huh well it would be good to work after school this one for a coffee shop might be good too oh yeah I love that place and it's on my way to school not bad huh hmm which one should I apply to which two is it between the coffee shop and the newspaper delivery route yeah the pay for the newspaper route is really nice okay my mind's made up I guess I'll just have to get up early which job is the female student going to apply for a male and female student are looking at job advertisements which job is the female student going to apply for hey what do you think about this job the hourly pay is pretty high sure the pay looks great but could you really do a newspaper delivery route of course I'm good at riding bikes but I'm worried about waking up early what about this one the pay isn't as high but you can work two or three days a week and start working from the evening oh this one a supermarket cashier huh well it would be good to work after school this one for a coffee shop might be good too oh yeah I love that place and it's on my way to school not bad huh hmm which one should I apply to which two is it between the coffee shop and the newspaper delivery route yeah the pay for the newspaper route is really nice okay my mind's made up I guess I'll just have to get up early a woman is trying on a dress and talking to a shop clerk which dress is she going to buy it looks very nice on you and it fits perfectly yeah it fits but I usually wear plain colors I'm not used to this kind of a pattern well I think you look great yeah still it would take some courage for me to actually wear this what about this dress then the pattern is much more reserved so it won't feel as flashy you're right let me try that one on go right ahead what do you think ma'am this one suits me much more than the last do you have a long-sleeved version with this design yes we do thanks I'll buy that which dress is she going to buy a woman is trying on a dress and talking to a shop clerk which dress is she going to buy it looks very nice on you and it fits perfectly yeah it fits but I usually wear plain colors I'm not used to this kind of a pattern well I think you look great yeah still it would take some courage for me to actually wear this what about this dress then the pattern is much more reserved so it won't feel as flashy you're right let me try that one on go right ahead what do you think ma'am this one suits me much more than the last do you have a long-sleeved version with this design yes we do thanks I'll buy that hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a president and his assistant are talking on the phone which document is the assistant going to deliver to the sales department hey could you do me a favor there is a document on my desk and I need you to deliver it to the sales department sure which one is it I think it's in a blue envelope a blue envelope well there are two blue envelopes on your desk ah right there should be a red stamp in the upper right corner of the envelope the other one should have a green stamp but it's the orientation guide we hand out to new employees the one with the red stamp okay got it great please deliver it to the sales department by one o'clock and make sure you give it to the manager directly you know him right yes we've met several times good and while you're at it could you deliver the other envelope to HR sure thing which document is the assistant going to deliver to the sales department a president and his assistant are talking on the phone which document is the assistant going to deliver to the sales department hey could you do me a favor there's a document on my desk and I need you to deliver it to the sales department sure which one is it I think it's in a blue envelope a blue envelope well there are two blue envelopes on your desk ah right there should be a red stamp in the upper right corner of the envelope the other one should have a green stamp but it's the orientation guide we hand out to new employees the one with the red stamp okay got it great please deliver it to the sales department by one o'clock and make sure you give it to the manager directly you know him right yes we've met several times good and while you're at it could you deliver the other envelope to HR sure thing a woman is calling a restaurant on the phone at which table was she having lunch hello how can I help you hi I was at your restaurant for lunch today and I think I left my scarf there you left your scarf at the table do you remember where you receded well it was in the back of the restaurant were you in the smoking area or the non-smoking area the non-smoking area how big was your table it was a table for four people okay I'll go check please wait for a moment thank you so much at which table was she having lunch a woman is calling a restaurant on the phone at which table was she having lunch hello how can I help you hi I was at your restaurant for lunch today and I think I left my scarf there you left your scarf at the table do you remember where you receded well it was in the back of the restaurant were you in the smoking area or the non-smoking area the non-smoking area how big was your table it was a table for four people okay I'll go check please wait for a moment thank you so much a man is looking for an apartment which apartment is he probably going to choose hi there I'm looking for an apartment could you show me some floor plans sure thing will you be living alone no I'm married and we're looking for a one-bedroom apartment with a study okay how about this one there are two rooms plus a living room it's near a busy street though so it might not be very quiet I see I usually work at home so I need a quiet place and I'd prefer the living room to be square shaped well how about this one it's located a bit far from downtown but it's in a quiet residential area there are two rooms and the living room but one of the rooms is a little small hmm we don't have too much stuff so this one might work for us we can show you another apartment with bigger rooms but it's located further from downtown no thank you let's have a look at the second one you showed me which apartment is he probably going to choose a man is looking for an apartment which apartment is he probably going to choose hi there I'm looking for an apartment could you show me some floor plans sure thing will you be living alone no I'm married and we're looking for a one-bedroom apartment with a study okay how about this one there are two rooms plus a living room it's near a busy street though so it might not be very quiet I see I usually work at home so I need a quiet place and I'd prefer the living room to be square shaped well how about this one it's located a bit far from downtown but it's in a quiet residential area there are two rooms and the living room but one of the rooms is a little small hmm we don't have too much stuff so this one might work for us we can show you another apartment with bigger rooms but it's located further from downtown no thank you let's have a look at the second one you showed me a woman is ordering a birthday cake which cake is she going to order excuse me I'd like to order a birthday cake for my daughter great could you tell me what kind of cake you're looking for my daughter likes chocolate so I think a chocolate cream cake would be good and can you put strawberries on it absolutely we have round and square cakes which one would you prefer hmm a round one please okay how old is your daughter going to be she'll be 12 okay then we'll get 12 candles ready do you want to write a message yes please write happy birthday all right do you want that written in pink if so we'll put it on a white plate otherwise we can write it in white and put it on a pink plate please write it in pink and put it on a white plate which cake is she going to order a woman is ordering a birthday cake cake is she going to order excuse me I'd like to order a birthday cake for my daughter great could you tell me what kind of cake you're looking for my daughter likes chocolate so I think a chocolate cream cake would be good and can you put strawberries on it absolutely we have round and square cakes which one would you prefer hmm a round one please okay how old is your daughter going to be she'll be 12 okay then we'll get 12 candles ready do you want to write a message yes please write happy birthday all right do you want that written in pink if so we'll put it on a white plate otherwise we can write it in white and put it on a pink plate please write it in pink and put it on a white plate a man and a woman are discussing plans for their upcoming move when are they going to move I think we should decide on the moving date and call a moving company sounds good I was just looking at some moving companies I don't want to pay a lot of money definitely this company here will give us a discount of 10% if we book at least one month before the moving day one month before then we have to move after December 15th in order to get the discount yep and there's an additional discount if we book on a weekday a weekday well I have a meeting that Monday morning and the exhibition is on Tuesday and Wednesday so Friday would be good because we could then organize the new place over the weekend yeah but wait a second they say 15% off Monday to Thursday and 5% off on Friday well what do you want to do let's go for the biggest discount I'll be done with the exhibition by then anyway when are they going to move a man and a woman are discussing plans for their upcoming move when are they going to move I think we should decide on the moving date and call a moving company sounds good I was just looking at some moving companies I don't want to pay a lot of money definitely this company here will give us a discount of 10% if we book at least one month before the moving day one month before then we have to move after December 15th in order to get the discount yep and there's an additional discount if we book on a weekday a weekday well I have a meeting that Monday morning and the exhibition is on Tuesday and Wednesday so Friday would be good because we could then organize the new place over the weekend yeah but wait a second they say 15% off Monday to Thursday and 5% off on Friday well what do you want to do let's go for the biggest discount I'll be done with the exhibition by then anyway hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a man is shopping during a sale what will he buy excuse me do you only sell this shirt in packs of three we can sell them separately but it's going to cost you more per shirt all right well I don't need three of the same shirt you know if you buy this set of three ties we can give you a discount on shirts so you can buy three for the price of one I see a set of three ties and I also get to choose three shirts for the price of one that's right okay I don't need three shirts but I'll give the other shirts to someone else that's a nice idea sir what will he buy a man is shopping during a sale what will he buy excuse me do you only sell this shirt in packs of three we can sell them separately but it's going to cost you more her shirt all right well I don't need three of the same shirt you know if you buy this set of three ties we can give you a discount on shirts so you can buy three for the price of one I see a set of three ties and I also get to choose three shirts for the price of one that's right okay I don't need three shirts but I'll give the other shirts to someone else that's a nice idea sir a woman is giving a report about the sales of bags which bag is selling best here's a report on the bags that we started selling last month first of all when it came to color black was the number one seller it's followed by white and sky blue yellow didn't sell very well so yellow was a dud well what about the size bigger bags sold more than smaller ones bags that could fit a magazine or a regular letter sized notebook in them were the most popular okay regarding handles leather was more popular than ones made with a metal chain I see it looks like bags with a more formal style sell better that's right I think we should use more neutral colors such as beige or brown for our new collection okay then let's go with the beige for the next new color you can stop the production of yellow bags got it which bag is selling best a woman is giving a report about the sales of bags which bag is selling best here's a report on the bags that we started selling last month first of all when it came to color black was the number one seller it's followed by white and sky blue yellow didn't sell very well so yellow was a dud well what about the size bigger bags sold more than smaller ones bags that could fit a magazine or a regular letter sized notebook in them where the most popular okay regarding handles leather was more popular than ones made with a metal chain I see it looks like bags with the more formal styles sell better that's right I think we should use more neutral colors such as beige or brown for our new collection okay then let's go with the beige for the next new color you can stop the production of yellow bags got it a man is calling a doctor's office what times are available for the health check-up hi I'd like to make an appointment for a health check-up sure health checkups are a bit different from standard examinations and are available only on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays which day would you like okay then is Saturday okay yes it looks open we're only open in the morning on Saturdays is that okay morning only hmm what time are you open until on weekdays we're open until 6:00 p.m. on Mondays and 8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays I see what time do you open in the morning we open at 8:00 a.m. next week we're full all morning during the week but if you can wait until the week after that both Monday and Wednesday are open from 8:00 a.m. well I'll call again after I check my schedule all right sir what times are available for the health check-up a man is calling a doctor's office what times are available for the health check-up hi I'd like to make an appointment for a health check-up sure health checkups are a bit different from standard examinations and are available only on Mondays Wednesdays and Saturdays which day would you like okay then is Saturday okay yes it looks open we're only open in the morning on Saturdays is that okay morning only hmm what time are you open until on weekdays we're open until 6:00 p.m. on Mondays and 8:00 p.m. on Wednesdays I see what time do you open in the morning we open at 8:00 a.m. next week we're full all morning during the week but if you can wait until the week after that both Monday and Wednesday are open from 8:00 a.m. well I'll call again after I check my schedule all right sir a man and a woman are talking which one is the woman's daughter sorry to bother you but could you go and get my daughter sure does she know me yeah she's seen you in pictures so she should be able to recognize you that's helpful so what does she look like she has curly black hair she's slim and taller than average do you have any idea what she'll be wearing she said she'll be wearing the Hat I gave her for her birthday it's white with a black ribbon it sounds like it will be easy enough alright I'll go get her now thank you which one is the woman's daughter a man and a woman are talking which one is the woman's daughter sorry to bother you but could you go and get my daughter sure does she know me yeah she's seen you in pictures so she should be able to recognize you that's helpful so what does she look like she has curly black hair she's slim and taller than average do you have any idea what she'll be wearing she said she'll be wearing the Hat I gave her for her birthday it's white with a black ribbon it sounds like it will be easy enough all right I'll go get her now thank you a man is talking with a woman about a lost wallet where will the man go to look for it this is terrible I can't find my wallet I must have left it somewhere what do you remember the last time you used it no I can't remember well then let's try to think of where you went today okay first I went to see a movie with a friend we went to a coffee shop after that but my friend paid so I didn't need to pull out my wallet but did you use it when you bought the movie tickets yes I definitely used it there and later we went to the gym after that I realized my wallet was gone did you have to use your wallet at the gym no because the membership fee is automatically paid by credit card but wait I did buy some juice at the vending machine at the entrance alright then let's go there and look for it where will the man go to look for it a man is talking with a woman about a lost wallet where will the man go to look for it this is terrible I can't find my wallet I must have left it somewhere what do you remember the last time you used it no I can't remember well then let's try to think of where you went today okay first I went to see a movie with a friend we went to a coffee shop after that but my friend paid so I didn't need to pull out my wallet but did you use it when you bought the movie tickets yes I definitely used it there and later we went to the gym after that I realized my wallet was gone did you have to use your wallet at the gym no because the membership fee is automatically paid by credit card but wait I did buy some juice at the vending machine at the entrance all right then let's go there and look for it hi everyone I'm Gabriella how are your English listening skills in this video you'll have a chance to test them out with a quiz first you'll see an image and here a question next comes a short dialogue listen carefully and see if you can answer correctly will show you the answer at the end are you ready a male and a female student are talking while looking at their class schedule what is the male students schedule on the day of the meeting we have to have a meeting about our next group presentation right when are you free I come to school on Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays I am here on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays so either Wednesday or Thursday would work how about Thursday afternoon then on Thursdays I have lectures until 4:00 p.m. I can make it after economics class but then I have to be at work at five o'clock so I will only be available for an hour hmm that sounds a bit too short how about Wednesday then I have modern history at 9:00 then international law at 3:00 so I'm free in between I have Asian history at noon then a part-time job in the evening what about meeting early in the morning and talking before your first class hmm I'm not a morning person why don't we meet on Thursday evening and I will reschedule my job for another day okay sounds good I'll meet you in the cafeteria after class what is the male students schedule on the day of the meeting a male and a female student are talking while looking at their class schedule what is the male students schedule on the day of the meeting we have to have a meeting about our next group presentation right when are you free I come to school on Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays I am here on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Thursdays so either Wednesday or Thursday would work how about Thursday afternoon then on Thursdays I have lectures until 4:00 p.m. I can make it after economics class but then I have to be at work at 5 o'clock so I will only be available for an hour hmm that sounds a bit too short how about Wednesday then I have modern history at 9 then international law at 3 so I'm free in between I have Asian history at noon then a part-time job in the evening what about meeting early in the morning and talking before your first class hmm I'm not a morning person why don't we meet on Thursday evening and I will reschedule my job for another day okay sounds good I'll meet you in the cafeteria after class a man and a woman are talking while looking at a picture which one is the woman's brother I heard you have a twin brother I didn't know that I do but people say we don't look alike see my brother is in this picture but can you tell which one he is hmm I don't see anyone who looks like you maybe this one with the cap nope that's not him he has black hair just like me then is it this tall guy nope he's not that tall I still can't find him you really don't look alike I know maybe his glasses are making it more difficult glasses is he this one second from the left yep you found him do you think we look alike no not really which one is the woman's brother a man and a woman are talking while looking at a picture which one is the woman's brother I heard you have a twin brother I didn't know that I do but people say we don't look alike see my brother is in this picture but can you tell which one he is hmmm I don't see anyone who looks like you maybe this one with the cap nope that's not him he has black hair just like me then is it this tall guy nope he's not that tall I still can't find him you really don't look alike I know maybe his glasses are making it more difficult glasses is he this one second from the left yep you found him do you think we look alike no not really a man and a woman are talking while looking at a poll regarding kids favorite subjects which chart shows the results for fifteen-year-old kids [Music] Hey look at this article it's about the three most popular subjects among ten year old and fifteen year old kids oh let me see physical education is on the top of the 10 year olds list physical education is still popular even though I have heard that kids these days spend less time playing sports yes and music came in second when you get older you become interested in different subjects the most popular subject among the fifteen-year-old kids is history right oh and politics came in second information technology ranked third but it wasn't even a subject in school when we were that age what was the third most popular subject for ten-year-old kids let's see oh it was art I wonder if they design things in art class using computer software these days which chart shows the results for fifteen-year-old kids a man and a woman are talking while looking at a poll regarding kids favorite subjects which chart shows the results for fifteen-year-old kids Hey look at this article it's about the three most popular subjects among ten year old and fifteen-year-old kids oh let me see physical education is on the top of the 10 year olds list physical education is still popular even though I have heard that kids these days spend less time playing sports yes and music came in second when you get older you become interested in different subjects the most popular subject among the fifteen-year-old kids is history right oh and politics came in second information technology ranked third but it wasn't even a subject in school when we were that age what was the third most popular subject for ten-year-old kids let's see oh it was art I wonder if they design things in art class using computer software these days there's a weather forecast on TV what will the weather be like in the upcoming week here is the weather forecast for the upcoming week the first half of the week will be mostly sunny with a chance of occasional cloudy skies in the second half of the week we will see overcast skies with scattered thunderstorms as the weather takes a turn for the worse around midweek the eastern parts of the city are most likely to be affected by these storms the high temperatures throughout the week will be about the same as last year's average which was 65 degrees however early in the week the highs will be in the upper 60s and later in the week the temperatures will cool to highs in the low 60s low temperatures will continue to be in the low 40s which is slightly colder than normal the forecast for tomorrow is warm and sunny perfect weather for your holiday weekend what will the weather be like in the upcoming week there's a weather forecast on TV what will the weather be like in the upcoming week here is the weather forecast for the upcoming week the first half of the week will be mostly sunny with a chance of occasional cloudy skies in the second half of the week we will see overcast skies with scattered thunderstorms as the weather takes a turn for the worse around midweek the eastern parts of the city are most likely to be affected by these storms the high temperatures throughout the week will be about the same as last year's average which was 65 degrees however early in the week the highs will be in the upper 60s and later in the week the temperatures will cool to highs in the low 60s low temperatures will continue to be in the low 40s which is slightly colder than normal the forecast for tomorrow is warm and sunny perfect weather for your holiday weekend a delivery person is talking to a receptionist what will the delivery person do next choose the incorrect answer hi I have deliveries for the human resources and accounting departments sure they're both on the fourth floor all right I also need to pick something up from the sales department the sales department has a first and second division which one is it let's see it's the second division the sales second division is on the second floor there's an intercom at the entrance so please call the person you're looking for okay is that the right elevator over there I'm so sorry but that elevator is currently out of service for a safety inspection do you mind using the stairs over there not at all thank you very much what will the delivery person do next choose the incorrect answer a delivery person is talking to a receptionist what will the delivery person do next choose the incorrect answer hi I have deliveries for the human resources and accounting departments sure they're both on the fourth floor all right I also need to pick something up from the sales department the sales department has a first and second division which one is it let's see it's the second division the sales second division is on the second floor there's an intercom at the entrance so please call the person you're looking for okay is that the right elevator over there I'm so sorry but that elevator is currently out of service for a safety inspection do you mind using the stairs over there not at all thank you very much did you get it right I hope you learned something from this quiz let us know if you have any questions hi everybody my name is Alisha and welcome back to top words today's topic is ten lines you need for introducing yourself so let's go hello it's nice to meet you hello it's nice to meet you you can only use this the first time that you meet someone if you say this to somebody after you have met them already you're going to see him either a like you've completely forgotten meeting them or be like you are a very strange person for saying it's nice to meet you again so when you use this the first time you can shake hands with someone and say hello it's nice to meet you my name is the next phrase is my name is blah blah in my case my name is Alicia you can use this again when you're introducing yourself or if you need to reintroduce yourself you can use this pattern when you meet somebody at a party for example you can say my name is blah blah blah my name is Barbara my name is Stevens you can shorten this you can say my names my name is blah blah blah I'm from after you've said your name after you've shaken hands you can say I'm from the US I'm from Japan I'm from Turkey I'm from your mom's house I'm from I'm from a cave in southern Europe I'm from your country or I'm from your city I'm from the future I live in I live in blah blah blah you can use your city you can use your country you can use even maybe if you live near a certain station you can use the name of the station where you live so for example I live in America it's fine I live in Los Angeles it's fine I live in New York is fine so your neighborhood is fine if someone says where do you live and you say I live in an apartment it's like what so please use your the region or the location where you live not the type of place where you live i'muh if you hear the question what do you do it it's asking about your job in English people don't say what is your job that's not the question we ask instead the question is what do you do and the correct response to that is I'm uh or I'm n bla bla bla followed by your job title so if someone says what do you do you can say I'm a teacher what do you do I'm an engineer what do you do I'm donut shop tester I'm years old when someone asks how old are you you can say I'm bla bla bla years old don't forget the S at the end of this if you like you can shorten this phrase to just I'm plus your age so I'm 65 I'm 13 whatever I'm this many sometimes children will say that how old are you they'll say I'm this many it's kind of cute first time you meet someone you might not ask how old are you if it's in a friendly case like a party after you've spoken to the person a little bit it's okay but just try to be sensitive to the context try to be sensitive to the people around you and if you sense that maybe there's a very large age gap between you it might be better just not to ask the question at all I enjoy many of my students say what is your hobby but that's not something that native speakers will say no native speakers say what is your hobby instead we ask what do you like to do or what do you do in your free time this is a much more natural question than what's your hobby the answer to this then is I enjoy or I like plus a noun phrase so for example what do you like to do I like listening to music or I enjoy listening to music what are you do in your free time I like watching movies what are you do in your free time I like baking cakes what do you do in your free time I enjoy tap dancing what do you do in your free time I enjoy making new friends oh one of my hobbies is one of my hobbies is blah blah blah with this one it's probably better to use a short easily or easy to understand hobby if you're explaining a hobby people are gonna expect that it's gonna be something that they know about like photography or cooking or dancing or swimming or whatever so try to pick something that will allow you to continue the conversation that's why movies are cooking or books or you know sports are a good thing to share one of my hobbies is it snowboarding I've been learning English for if you are learning English if you're studying English you can use this expression if someone asks you how long have you been studying English you can say I've been studying English for amount of time or I've been learning English or I've been practicing English or I've been speaking English for a certain amount of time I've been studying English since elementary school is also okay to use I've been studying English since I was in college just be careful for is used for a length of time and since is used for a specific point in time at which you started something so you can try and mix it up and use a few different expressions there so I've been learning English for a long time I'm still learning English you should do that okay I'm learning English at English class 101.com this probably could be used in response to where did you learn English or where are you studying English or how are you studying English you can respond with I'm learning English at English class 101.com or I'm learning English at my school I'm learning English at my private teachers house for example so a little bit of grammar in this sentence why do we use the progressive tense I'm learning English if you say I'm learning it sounds like you're still continuing your studies if you say I learned English at English class 101.com it sounds like you're finished like you you're finished studying there's nothing else for you to study so you're done so it's it's much much more natural to actually use the progressive I'm learning or I'm studying when you're talking about your studies when you're talking about your hobbies than it is to say I learned or I studied and and and and so those were ten lines that you need to introduce yourself and to help give the other person a little bit of information and carry the conversation forward so please try them please go crazy with them make them your own thanks very much for joining us for this episode of top words and we'll see you again bye I'm from your neighbor's doghouse fish glub glub oh yes I'd like to go spelunking in North Africa every summer [Music] welcome to English class 101 coms English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hey everyone I'm Alicia in this series we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn how to ask a really basic question in a polite but natural way how old are you in your English textbook one of the first lessons may have been how to ask someone's age by saying just how old are you however in many English language cultures asking in adults age directly particularly a woman's age is not polite if you suddenly ask how old are you to someone you've just met they'll understand you but they might not be too happy about answering such a blunt and direct question so how do you find out someone's age without offending them you just add a magic phrase to the beginning of the question this phrase is do you mind me asking this is an incredibly useful phrase that you should definitely memorize it comes in handy whenever you want to ask a question that may be a little personal or come across as a little too direct native speakers of English use it all the time so the full question would be do you mind me asking how old you are be sure to pay attention to the word order of this sentence rather than do you mind me asking how old are you it's do you mind me asking how old you are the answer to this can be simple I'm 25 years old or just I'm 25 or it can be a little more detailed if you've just had a birthday you can say I've just turned 25 or if you're about to have a birthday you can say I'll turn 25 this month or I'll turn 25 in July it's more natural here not to give your exact birthday like July the 9th but just the month so again to turn this question back on the asker and find out his or her age all you have to do is use that other magic phrase we introduced in previous lessons how about you here it's okay not to worry about being polite since the other person asked you the question first now it's time for Alicia's advice we mentioned that asking someone's age might not be polite but if you do decide to ask this question here's another tip some people like to reply with another question how old do you think I am be careful if you say an age that's older than the person's true age they might be very offended so it's always safer to say a number lower than what you actually think so if you think the person looks 40 say 35 and see how happy they look see you next time want to speak real English from your first lesson sign up for your free lifetime account at English class 101 calm hi everybody welcome back to english topics my name is Alisha and I'm joined by baby hi Davey so today our topic is going to be how to start a conversation in English so both of us have tried to prepare a few tips that might help you as you try to start conversations in your English language studies so let's begin Northstar first again okay we're giving tips on how to start a conversation and I will start today my first tip very important I trying to follow myself right now don't be shy very important tip this isn't really so much a language learning tip well it doesn't seem like a language learning tip but I think it really is because whenever you communicate in a second language or a foreign language it can be really nerve-racking can make you very nervous very anxious to try and do that especially if you're talking to someone for the first time and so the first thing is just to remind yourself that it's not a big deal and to not be shy and be confident and if you can maintain that attitude as you begin to talk to talk to someone it will be much easier I think I agree I agree or even like you say even if you are shy just pretend that you're not shy that's a good tip you know it's like you and if you could just pretend just for a few minutes just to start the conversation or to continue a conversation a little bit it can be good even if you feel shy I agree and you might find too oftentimes people who would say that they are shy when they talk to someone in another language they can have a different personality it's a chance to have a different personality in a different language so if you tell yourself that too when you speak English when you speak another language you're more confident than you are when you speak your own language yeah I've heard that before actually people who say that they feel like they're more outgoing when they speak English if that's the case maybe that's good for you also just in general another point about maybe not only starting conversations but continuing them we're comfortable English language speakers are with interruptions to some point like you shouldn't always interrupt the other they aren't very comfortable with us see he just did it so we're kind of we're very comfortable with it so you don't need to wait for an invitation to speak in a conversation you can just join in or maybe agree with the person who's speaking or disagree with the person who's speaking as a way to join a conversation that's already in progress yeah nice one that's a good one okay well I will share a tip mine are a little bit I don't know they're very dependent on maybe who you're talking to maybe what your relationship is so let's say for this one you are in a place where like I don't know a restaurant or a bar or something and you don't know the person you'd like to speak to but maybe I don't know there's someone attractive you'd like to speak to or maybe you want to speak with the bartender or something so maybe okay maybe this is better if you're trying to speak to a fellow customer so I have it sort of small make a simple comment about something happening in the surroundings so this should be one simple comment at to something that the other person can clearly see and three something that you can agree on easily so for example if somebody has just walked by the restaurant wearing like crazy hat I don't know you could say like oh did you see that guy something like that something that it's easy to agree on to initiate the conversation or maybe I don't know there's a TV in the bar like whoa did you see that play or something that maybe you can identify that you maybe shared with the other person during the time you've been in that space together so this should be a very simple comment don't make a weird comment here make it make it very very relaxed create a relaxed environment that the other person feels they can join in easily mmm that's a very good tip I don't know I'm trying to think of maybe a time that I used this or maybe I wanted to make a comment like and there was another person that happened to be there and we had a moment where we agreed on something right but then the conversation didn't really continue yes so it's kind of a good way to test and see if that other person wants to speak to you too yes yeah that's a good point and it makes me think this isn't one of my tips this is an extra tip you're getting a free freebie tip now is I think flying around to be be patient wait for your opening too because you might want to talk to this person next to you but if you just butt in with a question out of nowhere it might seem very strange but if you wait and have have a moment wait for that guy with the funny hat to walk yeah and then you have your opening then you have a natural point that you can enter the conversation with someone yeah and they should be patient totally and going back to your point about not being shy like don't be so focused on waiting for that moment that you just pick something really strange like if I like walked up to you I don't know you know Barnes like did you hear that noise yes I think that's a really strange question maybe he did hear that noise but that's a really strange question to introduce yourself yeah this kind of relates to to my my second tip very similar to to you to your tip about making a kind of comment let's ask an indirect question and I noticed a lot of the comments your your tip was to make a comment but a lot of your comments the examples you gave her questions and importantly I think that those questions should be kind of indirect questions for example if I'm standing at the bus stop and I want to start a conversation with someone else standing at the bus stop let's say it's very very hot but if I turn to that person and say do you think it's hot that's very strange but if I say something like oh it's pretty hot today right you know that's a little bit more casual a little bit more informal yeah you don't want to scare people with these very direct questions mm that's true that's true and even even a question that's a great example do you think it's hot is a really weird question but but again keeping or giving people that opportunity to agree with you yes you're throwing a little opinion out there it's hot right oh yeah it's hot that's true that's a really really good one I totally agree or and I but I think for that exact same reason I've had some people come up to me and they tried to begin a conversation with how are you yeah that's that's a--that's a--that's-- an introduction that you use for people that you already know yes so don't try to start a conversation with how are you it sounds too familiar and it's a little confusing to strangers don't always want to tell you how they are that's true what if I'm bad I don't want to tell you what if I feel bad that day yeah so don't use how are you to introduce yourself nice one okay Oh DMX um actually okay maybe this is somewhat related to the one you just mentioned okay um I've got okay this is maybe in a like a party or a social event situation I have energetically introduce yourself and ask a question about where you are so this might be a little specific but if you go to a social event where you're there to meet people and to speak to people if you go up to someone and you just introduce yourself with a big smile and say hi my name is Alicia have you ever been to one of these events before something like that can get the conversation started but again this is I feel like it's a tip that's good in a place where maybe everyone is there for a similar purpose if you do that like on to use your example at the bus station it's a little bit weird or if you're if you're just in public you pass someone on the street it's a little strange to just walk up and introduce someone energetically but if you're in a location where you have this chance there are a couple of nice little introductory questions you could use for events like I don't that's one that I would I've used like hi is this your first time here or who do you know at this party yeah how did you find out about this event that sort of also similar kind of question in those situations is asking someone for help or for information because it lets that other person know that you're not a a scary or threatening person in that situation either if you're asking for help you know can you can you tell me where the kitchen is I need to put this in the refrigerator something like that and then that shows the other person that you're not you're not an expert on this you're asking for their help and that kind of gives people an easy thing to engage to talk about yeah absolutely for help can be a nice way to yeah that's a good point I think asking for help it also kind of puts you in a slightly vulnerable position it makes you seem a little bit like I need help so you know please take care of me it's a little bit interesting so that's a good tip too I think okay I think we're on to number three d4 you are my last one is a very important one this comes at the end though is uh don't take it personally if the person doesn't want to talk a lot of times if you try and start a conversation with the stranger they don't always want to talk to you people try and talk the stranger tries to talk to me I might be very busy I might have had a bad day I may not want to talk to them that doesn't mean that they're a bad person or they can't speak English or anything like that so if you have that experience you know my first tip was don't be shot you might be very nervous about starting a conversation with someone and then you work up the courage you go and you ask them a question and they don't want to talk to you that's okay don't take it personally I has nothing to do with you you know you can find someone else to talk to mm-hmm that's true that's true and I think that's especially important because especially depending on the culture that you're from you might have heard like Oh English speakers particularly American they're so friendly or so outgoing then but you know if a stranger tries to speak to me or to you maybe we're gonna ignore you on the street because we don't know who that person is or you know maybe like you said we've had a bad day or whatever it is there are so many reasons not to want to talk to a person that you don't know so don't be offended don't be sad don't be discouraged don't don't think that all my my English is so bad this person didn't want to talk to me don't think that that it could be any any other reason why someone doesn't want to talk to you mm-hmm that's true that's true nice tip that's really important okay then we will move on maybe to my last one okay so for my last one this is maybe among people that you have some acquaintance with so maybe you're not super close to them but you've seen them but or or maybe it's coworkers you're not super close to but anyway you'd like to make your relationship with those people deeper you can share a story about something you did recently something interesting a small short story don't tell a long ten-minute story about I don't know going shopping for milk on the weekend that's that's moring but something interesting that you did relatively recently that maybe they can find something of interest or something of value in so maybe you found a new restaurant that was good maybe you went to a concert and that was exciting maybe you met someone interesting so if there's something that you can share about yourself that the other person might find valuable that's a good way to initiate conversation yeah on that point if I can add another another free tip oh my gosh on that note it made me think you spoke earlier about being vulnerable asking asking for help can show that you're vulnerable tell an embarrassing story that's good too don't don't brag don't talk about this great new car that you bought no one wants to hear that talk about how you you lost your car keys immediately after you bought your new car tell an embarrassing story tell something that will make the person laugh and will make you be vulnerable and and look like a normal person that's true that's true like telling actually that's a good strategy it's called self deprecation so making it means to make yourself look bad or to put yourself in a lower status a lower position and it can be very effective for making friends and like making people laugh I totally do this it's it's actually a lot of fun when you think about it like a story about something bad happening is often times more interesting than a story about something good happening it's true so all the best comedies are about terrible things happening yeah so if you have something like a little yeah like you lost your car keys or you had some kind of funny episode where maybe you don't look like the hero of the story that's a really good one to share have you had anything happened to you recently oh my gosh I probably have I lost my bag I just came back from traveling in Europe and my bag got LA between Dubai Airport and Tokyo Airport and so my bag didn't arrive so I had to go two days without any of my clothes or anything and then when I finally got my bag I was like yeah I got it from the I got it from the delivery guy I was so happy I opened it up like my sunscreen and exploded inside my bag I was like at least I have my objects like I have my clothes and things and they don't get sunburned exactly now I want sunburn any of my clothes so yeah so I mean it's like a small relatable small relatable story that maybe someone else can identify like oh that happened to me one time and then the conversation rolls from there so nice tip nice - okay are you out of are you out of free tips are those all your free tips that's all for today a conversation started good today we can't continue this conversation that's a different subject all right well we'll finish there for today thanks very much for joining us for this episode of English topics AV thanks very much for joining us you for having me if you liked this video please make sure to hit the like button and subscribe to our channel as well also if you want to find more content like this please make sure to check us out at English class 101.com if you have any ideas for how to start a conversation that you use please make sure to leave it in a comment - so we can check it out thanks very much for watching this episode and we'll see you again soon bye bye hi everybody my name is Alisha and today we're gonna be talking about the top 25 english phrases so let's get started the first phrase is hello hello of course is used as a greeting you can greet your friends you can greet your co-workers your family with this phrase just by saying hello hey hi what's up hello sup yo pretty much any time of day you can use hello hello the next phrase is good morning good morning is used as a greeting in the morning you can kind of feel when morning ends for you good morning is nice and polite or even just morning with your close friends or close co-workers the next phrase is good night good night is fine we don't use this to greet other people we use it when we're saying goodbye to other people at night members particularly mothers and fathers to say good night to their children before they put them to bed you can say it to your friend in a text message or in an email if you've been talking for a while good night so the next word to talk about is goodbye use it when you say goodbye to your friends when you leave your friends goodbye bye of course take care have a nice day peace out that's another way to say goodbye okay the next phrase is I'm plus your name of course this is a way to introduce yourself you can use I'm in my case Alicia I'm Alicia to introduce yourself in any situation new friend I'm Alicia okay the next phrase is what's your name what's your name is used to ask someone else what their name is so what is your name sounds a bit try to use what's your name if you forget someone's name you can say sorry what's your name or sorry what's your name again next phrase is nice to meet you nice to meet you any time you meet someone new nice to meet you is fine good to meet you is a little more casual great to meet you sounds very excited pleasure to meet you sounds like maybe a formal situation or a business context okay the next phrase is how are you how are you is Ann it's just a friendly way to check in with the other person you can use it with friends your family your co-workers maybe even your boss to a certain degree how are you how you doing the next phrase is I'm fine thanks and you if you saw English in three minutes we talked a lot about this phrase instead of I'm fine thank you and you say I'm good thanks how are you just shorten it make it a little bit more natural how are you good how are you great how are you not so good how are you okay and so on so when someone says how are you offer I usually say I'm good this week I pop a blog give some information about what you've been up to maybe a hobby something that you did recently an event something interesting you saw whatever people want to make that connection with you and it's a good chance for you to continue speaking the next word is please PLEASE as a polite phrase used when you want something from someone else you can use this as a response when someone offers you something like in a restaurant for example would you like more water would you like something to drink oh please the next phrase is thank you thank you is used to express your appreciation you can use thank you with everybody the next is your welcome you're welcome when someone says thank you you can say you're welcome no biggie I use no biggie as in no biggie is short for a no big problem an X where it is yes yes of course yes means is any positive expression someone asks you a question and the answer is a positive answer you say yes yep uh-huh yeah we know next I'm guessing I knew it yep the next word is no no is a negative response to something when you have to give a negative answer so as you can probably guess the long form of no is negative I like to use nope it's very very casual not gonna happen my parents would use that with me to soften that a little bit if you want to show a negative response to something like let's go for dinner tonight what do you want to do like do you want to go out not really hmm no I don't think so hmm to soften it the next word is okay okay this word comes from copy editors okay when they had to check a manuscript they had to label the manuscript all clear AC but because they were copy editors and they have a very very sick sense of humor they thought they would mark it okay for all clear to make a joke because o and K do not start all and clear but it caught on among everybody in the world anyway okay is used to agree with somebody else well it can be used actually to express a positive or kind of a slight negative I feel transitioning in your conversation you can say okay now we're going to talk about blah blah blah okay the next phrase is excuse me excuse me it's used to get someone's attention in English when you don't know the other person for example in a store a supermarket maybe a stranger on the street you need to ask directions you can use excuse me you can use excuse me in the supermarket excuse me can you tell me where the hot sauce is if you've done something rude in public you can use excuse me I personally do not do rude things in public ever I'm sorry is the next word we're gonna talk about I'm sorry is used to apologize when you have made a mistake or someone you know it's made a mistake and you're connected to it or you just feel bad you can use I'm sorry you made a miss make it work I'm sorry you forgot to feed your cat I'm sorry sorry about that you bump someone next to you oh sorry what time is it is the next phrase when you need to check what time it is what time is it when you ask someone else what time it is maybe you say this to yourself to check your watch check your phone check a clock pretty straightforward phrase there aren't really any short version so that's an easy one where is that plus a location so you can use this for a building or a store we don't we're not going to use this where is the for a place a city name or a state name or a country name to do that you would need to remove the but where is the bank where is the post office you can use this to ask directions to ask for help in your house or at work where is the copy machine where is the file I need where is the bla bla bla where is the bathroom is perhaps a very important question to know the next one is may I use the restroom may I use the restroom is a polite and soft expression that you can use if you need to use the toilet you need to use the washroom and when you're at someone's house for the very first time when you're in a place that you're that is new to you you can ask may I use the restroom more casually can I go to the bathroom to be very polite you could say may I go to the bathroom the next phrase is I would like to order something you can use this at a restaurant probably or in any situation where you need to place an order I'd like a pizza I'd like beer can I get the check please this will be used at a restaurant when you've finished your meal and it's time to go can I get the check please in a very very casual situation you can just say check please that's fine the next phrase is see you soon see you soon is used with friends and family members perhaps when you expect to see them again soon after saying goodbye to them this is used at the end of the conversation you're going separate directions see you soon see ya is also good or just see you to make it a little more formal you can say I'll see you again soon make a full sentence so next phrases see you later see you later is very similar to see you soon but the point is would see you later is that you're probably going to meet that person again later on in the same day the last phrase is really really is a very useful word because you can use it to show you were interested in a conversation with upward intonation really really tell me more or to show that you're not so interested in the conversation with downward intonation really so there are many other words that you can use similar to really in this way like seriously or oh oh and so on so it's a really good practice for your intonation so those are twenty five very common words and phrases in English if you liked this video if you liked this topic please subscribe I'm sure there'll be a button here somewhere or button here wherever but please be sure to subscribe to our channel because we're gonna be doing more videos like this and we already have more videos like this so please be sure to check them out thanks very much for watching and we'll see you again soon thanks really Oh interesting uh-huh okay I see great fantastic unbelievable gratitude subjects what do we having for dinner snack Pizza affirmative I'll riff on this I am Chris Hardwick welcome to English class 101 coms English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hi how's it going I'm Alicia nice to meet you in this series we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn new more common ways to ask and answer the question how are you in English you've probably learned how are you and I'm fine in textbooks before but in the United States people will usually ask this question and answer it in a different way first let's review if someone says how are you you can say I'm fine I'm fine here are some other ways to answer pretty good this means about the same thing as I'm fine pretty good we also have not bad you can use this if you are feeling just okay or so-so not bad let's look at our question again how are you this is the most well known way of asking how someone is you could use it when you want to be polite but now let's look at some different ways to ask how someone is these ways are more casual and much more common first hey how's it going hey how's it going you can answer this in many ways if you're feeling good you can say good good pretty good pretty good not bad not bad once more good pretty good not bad here's a tip even though these answers mean the same thing as I'm fine you can't answer how's it going with I'm fine it will sound a bit strange if you're not feeling good you can say not so good not so good not great not great or not so well not so well be careful if you say one of these the other person will usually ask why what's wrong to be polite then you will have to explain another casual but very common version of how are you is what's up what's up to reply use a cheerful voice as you say not much not much or nothing much nothing much this means you're free and able to chat since what's up is just another way of saying hello you can also reply with hey or hi now it's time for Alisha's advice a lot of the time when we ask questions that mean how are you in English we're not actually asking about the other person's health we're only asked to be polite you should think of these questions as another way of saying hello a way for the conversation to get started instead of actual literal questions in fact when someone asks you what's up you don't even have to answer just say what's up in reply [Music] welcome to English class 101 coms English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hey everyone I'm Alisha in this series we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn how to ask what someone's job is in natural English of course you can just say what is your job this is correct English but it sounds too direct and awkward native English speakers almost never say this in a social situation instead they use a different question but before we master that we need to compare it to a very similar question what are you doing I'm presenting a video about English what do you do I'm an English teacher do you see the difference these two questions what are you doing and what do you do sounds similar but mean different things the first one is asking what you are doing right now this minute you answer it using an ING verb what are you doing I'm reading I'm watching TV while the second is actually a shortened version of what do you do for a living this is how we asked what is your job in natural English let's practice this question what do you do what do you do when native speakers of English ask this question it can come out very fast and sound more like what do you do in order to tell it apart from what are you doing just listen for the sound on the end of the question if it's not there then you're being asked what your job is so how would you answer this question just think of it as if the other person is asking you what is your job you could answer with I am plus your job I'm a teacher I'm a teacher or I'm an engineer if you want to learn more job names go to English class 101.com and check out the core word lists these cover job vocabulary and more and include a picture and audio to help you perfect your pronunciation you can also mention the place that you work at starting with I work at I work at a hospital I work at a hospital I work at a law firm I work at a law firm if you work for a big company that is well known you can say I work for and then the name I work for Microsoft I work for Microsoft I work for the New York Times I work for the New York Times now it's time for Alicia's advice when you ask the question what do you do and the other person tells you their job it's polite to make some kind of positive comment about his or her job for example how interesting or that must be exciting or even oh really remember to sound sincere welcome to English class 101 coms English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hey everyone Alicia here in this series we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn how to ask what someone's hobbies are without using the word hobbies you've probably seen the question do you have any hobbies or what are your hobbies in an English textbook before however native English speakers almost never use the word hobbies when asking about them a much more natural way to ask the same question is what do you do for fun let's practice this question what do you do for fun what do you do for fun you can also ask what do you do in your free time what do you do in your free time so how would you answer this question let's look at how native speakers would do it the easiest way is to say I like to or just I like followed by what you like to do for example if you like watching movies you could say I like to watch movies or I like watching movies I like to watch movies or I like watching movies and if you like golf you could say I like to play golf or I like playing golf I like to play golf or I like playing golf you can emphasize how much you like your hobby by adding a word like really in front of like for example I really like watching movies on the other hand if you want to play down how much you like something you can say kind of for example I kind of like playing tennis now it's time for Alisha's advice if you don't have any special hobbies or don't want to be specific a good way to reply is I like hanging out with my friends and stuff like that I like hanging out with my friends and stuff like that just use I like and add hanging out with my friends and then add and stuff like that [Music] welcome to English class 101 coms English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hey everyone I'm Alicia this series explains some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn some different ways people will ask you where are you from first though where are you from can mean many things it can mean what city are you from or what state are you from in fact Americans ask this question to each other all the time to learn what part of America the other person comes from of course though it can also mean what country are you from if you want to answer this question there are two ways to do it you can say I'm plus your nationality as in I'm Japanese or I'm Brazilian or you can say I'm from plus the country you are from as in I'm from Italy or I'm from Thailand if you're from a really famous city or place you can say that too for example I'm from Beijing or I'm from New Delhi many times though Americans won't ask what country are you from or even where are you from in many casual situations they will say it in a simpler way where are you from this is just like where are you from but they take out these are where are you from you can use this to in casual situations of course in the United States as in other parts of the world people may be a little more indirect because they want to be polite to do this they might ask you if you are from the place where they meet you for example if you meet someone in New York they might ask are you from New York or if you are in San Diego they might ask are you from San Diego many parts of the United States are very multicultural so asking the question this way avoids what could be an embarrassing mistake you can answer this the same way you answer where are you from just add a simple no in front for example you can say no plus I'm plus nationality no I'm French or no plus I'm from plus country no I'm from Russia now it's time for Alicia's advice since the United States is very large people you meet may take great pride in the place or region they come from if you ask someone about where they're from they may respond by saying something like west coast or the east coast or California or the south or the Midwest if they answer in this way it usually means they are interested in talking more about their region and how it differs from others welcome to English class 101.com English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hey everyone I'm Alicia this series will teach you some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn some new ways to ask someone what's your name including one that you can use when you have forgotten someone's name now what is your name was probably one of the first questions you learned when you started studying English I have to tell you though that most native speakers of English would never say this in English just like in other languages it is often more polite to be a little indirect of course the easiest way to avoid asking the question directly is to not ask at all just introduce yourself and most people will respond by doing the same when introducing yourself simple is nearly always best just say hi I'm Alicia to show that you want to know the other person's name just add and you at the end hi I'm Alicia and you hi I'm Alicia and you just like before take out my name Alicia and put your name in its place after you say this the other person will tell you his or her name okay now let's talk about an embarrassing situation that happens to everybody you have already met this person once before but you have forgotten their name the most polite thing to do in this situation is to apologize and ask again there's a simple way to do this that's also polite I'm sorry what was your name again I'm sorry what was your name again this sentence is very similar to what's your name but it has three important differences first we say I'm sorry a small apology can go a long way after that we say what was your name this is just like what is your name but instead of is we use the past tense was this is really important as it tells the other person that you remember meeting them you haven't forgotten him or her you have just forgotten the name this little word makes all the difference I'm sorry what was your name finally we add again to the end this is another hint that tells the other person that you remember learning his or her name before but you just can't recall it right now I'm sorry what was your name again this phrase is appropriate for both formal and informal situations now it's time for Alicia's advice in the United States it's normal to address people by name in conversation more than once in both formal and informal situations it's a way to show respect or interest in the other person and can help you make friends it is also a great way to practice someone's name so you don't forget it if you are talking to someone named and for example instead of just what do you do for fun you could say and what do you do for fun you can also put the name at the end of the sentence what do you do for fun and you don't want to say the person's name too often or it will sound a little strange but if you practice someone's name like this you won't forget it and people love to hear their own name welcome to English class 101 coms English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hey everyone I'm Alisha in this series we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn some ways to get in touch with someone after you have met them once already in a lot of textbooks you've probably seen the question what's your phone number what's your phone number it's a very useful question but there are two problems with it first it can sound a little too direct especially when talking to members of the opposite sex and second people use the phone a lot less these days than they used to instead they might prefer to connect by email or on a social network like Facebook to start though a simple variation on what's your phone number that sounds a little less direct is could I get your number could I get your number we start the sentence with could which softens the request next say I then get and finally your number which is short for your phone number this question is slightly casual but it can be used in almost any situation recently many people prefer to use email rather than the phone to communicate asking someone for his or her email address is also a little less direct than asking for their phone number could I get your email address could I get your email address we just took could I get your number and replaced number with email address it's that simple could I get your email address if someone asks you either of these questions you can reply by saying sure my phone number is sure my phone number is or sure my email address is sure my email address is or sure it's and then say your phone number or email address at the end by the way if you're having any trouble with numbers check out English class 101 coms core word lists for these and other key vocabulary words each word comes with a picture audio samples so you can perfect your pronunciation and sample sentences and phrases so you can master its use in a sentence recently many people use social networks like Facebook or LinkedIn or an online chatting service like Skype to communicate people might ask you about these especially if they are younger if someone wants to connect with you through one of these services they may simply ask are you on followed by the name of the service are you on Facebook are you on Facebook are you on LinkedIn are you on LinkedIn are you on skype are you on skype to answer you can simply say yes I am or no I'm not if you respond with yes I am the other person may ask how they can connect with you on one of these services of course if you're not on one of these services they won't be able to contact you if you still would like to stay in touch with the person though you can say no but my email address is or no but my phone number is and then say your email address or phone number by telling the other person a different way they can contact you you'll show them that you want to hear from them now it's time for Alicia's advice if you ask someone for their phone number their email address or some other form of contact information they will usually give it to you if you have gotten to know them a little beforehand if you ask too early in the conversation though they may be hesitant about sharing that information the key is to make sure you talk for some time before requesting this kind of personal information welcome to English class 101 coms English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hey everyone I'm Alicia in this series we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn how to ask and say where you live usually someone will ask you where you live as a polite question after they've asked you your name where you're from and what you do for a living they'll say so where do you live this is inviting you to keep making conversation there are lots of ways you could answer this question but here are some of the most common you could say do you know and then the name of the area you live in do you know Twin Pines or you could mention a local landmark like near the library near the movie theater you could also answer by telling the person what train line you live on if your city has a train network or what station is the nearest to your house on the Green Line near Central Station so as you can see there are lots of possible ways to answer the question where do you live once you've told them the other person might respond in one of the following ways oh yeah I know it I live near there or maybe I'm afraid I don't know it the other person is just being polite by showing interest so you can reply by saying something like oh really since the other person is asking you this question to be polite a good way to continue the conversation is to ask them the same question in return you can just say how about you or where do you live put some stress on the you where do you live now it's time for Alisha's advice asking where someone lives is a way to try to find something you have in common with the person you're talking to so if you're familiar with the area the other person lives in make some comments about it that's a really nice area or the park there is really pretty anything is fine as long as you don't say anything negative that could be taken as offensive like that area has a high crime rate or I hear that area is really dangerous welcome to English class 101 coms English in three minutes the fastest easiest and most fun way to learn English hey everyone I'm Alisha in this series we're going to learn some easy ways to ask and answer common questions in English it's really useful and it only takes three minutes in this lesson you're going to learn how to ask someone where they went to school or college asking someone where they went to college is a good small talk question and conversation starter however you have to be careful not to offend people if they didn't go to college we'll tell you how to do this the question is simple if the other person is over 22 it likely they will have left college already so you asked using the past tense where did you go to college you could also say where did you go to school in American English depending on context school often means the same as college if the other person is British or European however they're more likely to say where did you go to university the answer to this question is really easy all you say is I went to university in City I went to Southern Oregon University in Ashland if the name of the city or town is part of the university's name like Tokyo University or Oxford University you can add the name of the country instead I went to Tokyo University in Japan once you've heard the other person's answer it's polite to make some kind of comment for example wow that's a really famous University or just oh really sometimes when you ask where did you go to college the other person might reply I didn't go to college in this situation you should be careful how you reply so as not to appear rude it's polite to not act surprised but instead make a positive comment like oh really or ask a question like did you go straight into a job now it's time for Alicia's advice a good follow-up question to keep the conversation going is to ask the other person what did you study or what was your major this gives them an opportunity to talk about something they're interested in in the next lesson you'll learn how to ask another basic question about the other person which often features in first-time conversations between native speakers that's do you have any brothers or sisters see you next time [Music]

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Published: Tue Jun 18 2019